Stories Waiting to Be Told

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Born in Nanjangud, a tiny temple town in Karnatak, Shrikant Murthy was educated in Mysore and Bangalore. After graduation, he went on to do his Masters in Sociology from the University of Bombay. Diploma in Community Development from the Golda Meir International Training Centre, Haifa, Israel is his added qualification.

Beginning his career as a Probation Officer in the Bombay Children's Aid society where he currently holds a senior position. Shri Murthy was required to do innumerable case studies of lost, run-away and the delinquent children admitted In Remand Homes and other child welfare agencies and submit written reports to the Juvenile Courts. Going down the memory lane, he has brought out this collection. Written with first hand experience, nostalgia, emotional sensitivity and heroic tension, this new genre should attract all those interested in literature or Indian Writing in English (IWE) as it is nowadays referred to, both fiction and non-fiction. Professionals in the field of Social Work, academics and students of Humanities and Social Sciences in India and abroad.

During his professional work Mr. Murthy has penned a couple of children's plays too and is now currently engaged in writing a full length novel with a strong emotional content which he hopes to see through in the dawn of 2004.

Any public institution housing minor boys and girls is always under the surveillance of the government, the public and the media. Many times a grain of the beautiful is completely overlooked while an isolated incident or a mishap receives wide media coverage. Then, there is a public outery and the authorities - the concerned government or otherwise come down heavily upon the functionaries.

So, while talking of an age old institution which has stood the test of time, one cannot speak with arbitrary prejudice in mind. Just as a coin does, there is another side to the walls of an institutions also. As one goes through the maze of the Home, one realise that its easy to see the bad side in anything that's being done by others. The dreadful habit of human mind is to seize on the fellow human being's bad points and his faults and completely overlooking the positive aspects. While this is agreed that there are instances of child abuse by some, there are no men in the portals of any child welfare agency who do not possess a grain of the beautiful in them the most important thing is to perceive and understand them before being judgemental. The book on hand is an attempt to turn the walks inside out to allow a public view.

The author Shri Shrikant Murthy is a full-time worker in the Children's Aid Society which is responsible for running statutory child welfare programmes inclusive of the Umerkhadi Home.