People and Places Archives - Vivek Patwardhan https://vivekvsp.com/category/people-and-places/ The Events in Human Resources and Employee Relations space, and in My World through my eyes. Mon, 19 Jan 2026 06:17:01 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 113682794 The Hidden Factories of Dharavi https://vivekvsp.com/2026/01/hidden-factories-of-dharavi/ https://vivekvsp.com/2026/01/hidden-factories-of-dharavi/#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2026 06:16:58 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=9818 My niece, Anagha, managed to connect with Imtiaz Alam, who makes leather jackets. He stays in Dharavi (Mumbai). I always wanted to meet people in...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2026/01/hidden-factories-of-dharavi/feed/ 6 9818 A REBEL CALLED ARVIND SHROUTI https://vivekvsp.com/2025/07/arvind-shrouti/ https://vivekvsp.com/2025/07/arvind-shrouti/#comments Sun, 27 Jul 2025 12:33:36 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=9625 His innovative and positive approach is transforming industrial relations! The title of this article might surprise readers who know Arvind Shrouti. A calm, composed, relaxed...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2025/07/arvind-shrouti/feed/ 14 9625 Vikas Shirodkar We Will Always Remember You https://vivekvsp.com/2025/05/vikas-shirodkar/ https://vivekvsp.com/2025/05/vikas-shirodkar/#comments Wed, 28 May 2025 05:14:35 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=9566 I do not even remember when I first met him. We had heard about each other but never met for a long time. He was...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2025/05/vikas-shirodkar/feed/ 15 9566 रेणुका बुधारम – एक विलक्षण आयुष्य https://vivekvsp.com/2025/05/%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%87%e0%a4%a3%e0%a5%81%e0%a4%95%e0%a4%be-%e0%a4%ac%e0%a5%81%e0%a4%a7%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%ae/ https://vivekvsp.com/2025/05/%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%87%e0%a4%a3%e0%a5%81%e0%a4%95%e0%a4%be-%e0%a4%ac%e0%a5%81%e0%a4%a7%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%ae/#respond Mon, 26 May 2025 05:08:45 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=9527 मी सुश्री रेणुका बुधारम यांची मुलाखत घेतली, त्यांच्या जीवनकथेने मी प्रेरित झालो आणि मला जाणवले की मी एका विलक्षण व्यक्तीला भेटलो आहे. हे सर्व माझ्या...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2025/05/renuka-budharam/feed/ 9 9515 Painting The Significance https://vivekvsp.com/2024/09/painting-the-significance/ https://vivekvsp.com/2024/09/painting-the-significance/#comments Wed, 25 Sep 2024 14:40:53 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=8970 At The Intersection Of Art And Meaning I got down at Charing Cross station to go to Trafalgar Square. I had been to the National...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2024/09/painting-the-significance/feed/ 2 8970 Girish Karnad’s Memoirs: This Life At Play https://vivekvsp.com/2021/11/memoirs/ https://vivekvsp.com/2021/11/memoirs/#respond Fri, 26 Nov 2021 13:38:37 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=7138 Why do people read memoirs? More precisely, why do I read memoirs? That is the question I have asked myself often, and recently too when...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2021/11/memoirs/feed/ 0 7138 George Fernandes Again https://vivekvsp.com/2020/10/george-fernandes/ https://vivekvsp.com/2020/10/george-fernandes/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2020 16:49:34 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=6457 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...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2020/10/george-fernandes/feed/ 1 6457 The Tendulkar Lesson https://vivekvsp.com/2020/03/tendulkar-lesson/ https://vivekvsp.com/2020/03/tendulkar-lesson/#comments Sat, 21 Mar 2020 06:07:04 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=6071 “Finally! Finally!! The four rapists have been hanged.” Lulu, my parrot listened to me but did not respond. He moved a tad closer to me....

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2020/03/tendulkar-lesson/feed/ 2 6071 The Furthest Distance To Travel For Helping Adivasi https://vivekvsp.com/2020/03/helping-adivasi/ https://vivekvsp.com/2020/03/helping-adivasi/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2020 11:35:04 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=6054 Moving from a commercial organisation (where I worked for thirty-seven years) to an NGO is like getting down from a car and go for a...

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