I had come to the city for Dasara with my parents in 1959, recalls Sudha Murty

Mysore | Saturday | 13th October, 2018

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I had come here with my parents, and I was very fascinated by the Gandaberunda symbol, and bought ribbons of the same colour. In her interaction with noted Kannada writer Vasudhendra, Sudha spoke about her return to the ‘Heritage City’ after a long gap of 59 years.“I came to Mysuru as a girl of nine in 1959 to see Dasara celebrations. Women now have economic freedom, and power to love their profession and maintain their family at the same time. Women have been freed from the clutches of men and now, they have to harness it in a positive way. We would have 500 bags of paddy, and my family would keep just five and the rest donated to the needy..