‘Secretary, finance manager, nanny’: Sudha Murthy honours many roles of wives to entrepreneurs

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Narayan Murthy, mother to Akshatha Murthy, mother-in-law to UK PM Rishi Sunak, Infosys foundation founder and so much more on Friday during a conclave said that ‘ it is difficult being living with the most successful man’.  Sudha Murthy was speaking at the Moneycontrol Startup Conclave 2023 being held in Bengaluru. At the conclave Infosys founder Narayan Murthy and his son Rohan Murthy talked about the start-up ecosystem in India. According to the video shared by the media outlet, Narayan Murthy had praised his wife, for being his lifelong support.  Post this Sudha Murthy took the stage to share a short piece on women who stand by their partners as strong support, while the latter chase their dreams.  Sudha Murthy started by saying, “I just want to tell all young entrepreneurs that it is very difficult to deal with a more successful man.

They are not normal, they are eccentric, they don’t have logic at home – only in the office".  To this everyone in the audience had a smile.  “They expect you to be their wife, secretary, finance manager, nanny, adviser and many more roles. A woman has to do all those. And any one of them you fail that affects them bad." Sudha Murthy continued.  “They expect you to be their wife, secretary, finance manager, nanny, adviser and many more roles.

A woman has to do all those. And any one of them you fail that affects them bad." she added.  Sudha Murthy during the conclave talked about the struggles of the olden days and now. She said, "In olden days, there used to tapas.