![The 2020 Pre-Lockdown Pictorial Diary](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_9243-scaled.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
Unlike other years, this pictorial diary of 2020 will be divided in two parts. No marks for guessing. Before Lockdown and After Lockdown. Conducted a…
![Union And Govt Paint Different Pictures of Wistron Violence](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/RichardLee-Unsplash-750.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
After I published my blog ‘The Anatomy of Wistron Workers’ Violence’. I received this document. It is the report submitted to The Chief Minister of…
![The Anatomy of Wistron Workers’ Violence](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/WistronColour.png?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
The Press has extensively reported the violence at Wistron. It points to a big malaise about the way work is organised and compensated. Let us…
![When Inner Conflict is Not Made Conscious](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Chatur750.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
Dr Sheetal Amte’s suicide has shocked the people. No marks for guessing, obviously a series of conflicts led to it. A well-read, affable person, and…
!['Rotten' Shows That Slavery Is Everywhere](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Rotten.png?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
It is important to watch the documentary ‘Rotten’ on Netflix to understand how people prove Galbraith’s acute observation: ‘Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism,…
![Travel Diaries](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Travelnobar750-3.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
“What are you tearing? Diaries?” Lulu picked up a bit of torn paper and looked at it curiously. “Actually, Monthly Planners as they are called….
![Give Your Best, Mr. Loser](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cricket750.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
“Purrrrr!” Jill, my Siamese cat glanced at Lulu, my parrot. “Mumbai Indians lost the match when they looked invincible. You can’t take the opposition for…
![On Anticipatory Obedience](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Anticipatory-Obedience1.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
“I have stopped reading on HR issues” I told Lulu, my parrot, as I flung the newspaper on the table. “It no longer holds my…
![George Fernandes Again](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Labour-Demonstrations-750.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
George Fernandes was an enigma to his adversaries and followers alike. In his (Marathi) book ‘Susat George’ (which may be loosely translated as ‘George the…
![You Have Got It Wrong, Mr. Prime Minister](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/1TingeyInjuryLawFirm-Unsplash-750.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
A friend told me this story. His five-year-old daughter put a quiz to him (only kids can imagine such situations!): ‘A man falls from the…