fifty vignettes showcase the myriad shades of human naturea man dumps his aged father in an oldage home after declaring him to be a homeless stranger a tribal chief in the sahyadri hills teaches the author that there is humility in receiving too and a sick woman remembers to thank her benefactor even from her deathbed these are just some of the poignant and eyeopening stories about people from all over the country that sudha murty recounts in this book from incredible examples of generosity to the meanest acts one can expect from men and women she records everything with wry humour and a directness that touches the heartfirst published in 2002 wise and otherwise has sold over 30000 copies in english and has been translated into all the major indian languages this revised new edition is sure to charm many more readers and encourage them to explore their inner selves and the world around us with new eyes