US client once made Infosys cofounder Narayana Murthy sleep on a box in store room, new book says

When Narayana Murthy once visited the US for client work during the initial days of Infosys, a temperamental American businessman made him sleep on a large box in a windowless storeroom surrounded by cartons though his own home had four bedrooms. Indian-American author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni has come out with a biography covering the early years of Sudha Murty’s and Narayana Murthy’s lives that is replete with many such nuggets about the iconic couple.

Published by Juggernaut Books, “An Uncommon Love: The Early Life of Sudha and Narayana Murthy” is the story of the Murthys’ early years – from their courtship to Infosys’ founding years and from their marriage to parenthood.