Infosys founder Narayana Murthy and his wife and head of Infosys Foundation Sudha Murty are giving a lot of interviews together currently because of the release of the book ‘An Uncommon Love: The Early Life of Sudha and Narayana Murthy’ which has been written by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, who is celebrated for ‘The Palace of Illusions’ and ‘The Forest of Enchantments’.
In one such interview, Narayana Murthy revealed that one day, he travelled for 11 hours without any ticket to drop Sudha Murty home.
“Those days, I was, whatever, in love. Well, I should say what somebody has said… you know what I am talking about. The hormones would be kicking in… you know how it is,” NDTV quoted him saying.
However, people did not see this comment as something cute and romantic. They, instead, walked way past the romance and called out Narayana Murthy for not doing something he urges other youngsters to do – work 70 hours a week!
A lot of people pointed out that if he travelled for 11 hours on the train, that week he did 59 hours of work instead of 70, and they weren’t happy with it. Here’s how some of them reacted:
Company uss saal loss main chali gayi hogi bcoz he worked 59 hrs instead of 70
— SwatKat💃 (@swatic12) January 10, 2024
I hope he was carrying his laptop to ensure work is not hampered at Infosys…
— Ashu (@muglikar_) January 10, 2024
khud jawani mein dhadkan ka suniel shetty bana ghum raha tha aur humko 70 ghante ghulami karne bol raha hai https://t.co/VLj67FrDYl
— hk (@nodogyaraah) January 10, 2024
That means he only worked for 59 hours that week? Lazy. https://t.co/aHHvEqbxIM
— Rohini Singh (@rohini_sgh) January 10, 2024
Narayana and Sudha Murty when the TC asked for the ticket: https://t.co/Ow9B1mtgEx pic.twitter.com/SJLAShw9kN
— raja awasthi (@IndieKnopfler) January 10, 2024
That means he only worked for 59 hours that week? Lazy. https://t.co/aHHvEqbxIM
— Rohini Singh (@rohini_sgh) January 10, 2024
Must be his wedding day, otherwise, he was always busy working 70 hrs. https://t.co/rY5z8TqZg9
— Narundar (@NarundarM) January 10, 2024
Wasting time instead of working hard smh https://t.co/7iMQYhU3nP pic.twitter.com/QF35a9Rc8z
— Mirror Mirror on the Wall 🪞🪩🐎 (@Archillly) January 11, 2024
Archive footage of Narayana and Sudha Murty's ticketless travel adventures https://t.co/TuDaccmgnM pic.twitter.com/i0CJv04RHG
— 𝙨𝙪𝙟𝙤𝙮 •° (@9e3k) January 10, 2024
Narayan Murthy when he realises TC works for 50 hours https://t.co/Yvqedt8eRi pic.twitter.com/Oy6zDHBmfC
— Piyush Sharma (@misterpiyush) January 10, 2024
Feeling bad for anyone who took his 70-hour work-week advice seriously! 😛