Learning to Rise: Education and Empowerment in How I Taught My Grandmother to Read by Sudha Murthy and The Postmaster by Rabindranath Tagore

Author(s)	Isha Bargale, Dr. Ashvini Joshi
Country	India
Abstract	Using two literary works—How I Taught My Grandmother to Read by Sudha Murthy and The Postmaster by Rabindranath Tagore—this research paper examines education as a means of achieving dignity. Murty recounts the inspirational story of her sixty-two-year-old grandmother Shrimati, who felt humiliated by her incapacity to read devotional texts on her own and decided to become literate. In contrast, Tagore portrays the Postmaster's loneliness and that of Ratan, an illiterate village girl whose unmet desire for direction highlights the silent deprivation brought on by illiteracy. This study makes the case that literacy is not only functional but also linked to self-respect, empathy, and empowerment by closely analyzing the incidents in these works.
Keywords	Education, Empowerment, Rabindranath Tagore, Sudha Murthy, Literacy.
Published In	Volume 7, Issue 2, March-April 2026
Published On	2026-04-08

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