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		<title>India’s Growth Story and The Invisible Worker</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivek Patwardhan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Industrial Relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labour Reforms]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Why ₹5 Crore Salaries Are Easy but ₹20,000 Wages Become Impossible? The recent labour unrest in Noida has once again compelled India to confront an...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://vivekvsp.com/2026/04/invisible-worker/">India’s Growth Story and The Invisible Worker</a> appeared first on <a href="https://vivekvsp.com">Vivek Patwardhan</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Invisible Chains of Exploiting Working Women</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivek Patwardhan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 06:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Contract Labour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contract workers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Exploitation]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>And Their Silent Struggle To Make A Living Working women face many issues at the workplace. Interviewing them is a challenge because they are reluctant...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://vivekvsp.com/2025/12/women-exploitation/">The Invisible Chains of Exploiting Working Women</a> appeared first on <a href="https://vivekvsp.com">Vivek Patwardhan</a>.</p>
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		<title>HOMES AND LEADERSHIP</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivek Patwardhan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 09:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Industrial Relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Transformation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adam Master]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beedi workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ray Nagar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solapur]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>This is a story of two men who are not well educated but who have left an indelible mark on their world. And they have...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://vivekvsp.com/2025/04/homes-and-leadership/">HOMES AND LEADERSHIP</a> appeared first on <a href="https://vivekvsp.com">Vivek Patwardhan</a>.</p>
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		<title>Solapur &#8211; Exploiting The Beedi Workers</title>
		<link>https://vivekvsp.com/2025/03/solapur-beedi/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivek Patwardhan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2025 06:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Industrial Relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slavery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beedi workers]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>“Solapur is not Switzerland,” my wife said when I declared my intention to camp for three days there, “It will be very hot there.” But...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://vivekvsp.com/2025/03/solapur-beedi/">Solapur &#8211; Exploiting The Beedi Workers</a> appeared first on <a href="https://vivekvsp.com">Vivek Patwardhan</a>.</p>
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		<title>आडाम मास्तर &#8211; बंडखोरीकडून सुधारणेपर्यंत</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivek Patwardhan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2025 09:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>तीनशे पानांच्या पुस्तकातील अर्ध्याहून अधिक भाग वाचल्यानंतरच मी &#8216;संघर्षाची मशाल हाती&#8217; (&#8216;संघर्षाची मशाल हाती&#8217;) हे आत्मचरित्र खाली ठेवले. आणि तेही माझ्या पत्नीने दुपारचे जेवण थंड...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://vivekvsp.com/2025/03/%e0%a4%86%e0%a4%a1%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%ae-%e0%a4%ae%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%b8%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%a4%e0%a4%b0/">आडाम मास्तर &#8211; बंडखोरीकडून सुधारणेपर्यंत</a> appeared first on <a href="https://vivekvsp.com">Vivek Patwardhan</a>.</p>
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		<title>What Does She Do Now?</title>
		<link>https://vivekvsp.com/2025/02/what-does-she-do-now/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivek Patwardhan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Feb 2025 12:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Resources]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Daisy Garud]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Job loss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reinventing oneself]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Her Happy Retired Life I was casually glancing through the new year greetings I had received and sent, and it struck me that I had...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://vivekvsp.com/2025/02/what-does-she-do-now/">What Does She Do Now?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://vivekvsp.com">Vivek Patwardhan</a>.</p>
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		<title>Goodbye India Hello Australia</title>
		<link>https://vivekvsp.com/2025/01/goodbye-india-hello-australia/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivek Patwardhan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2025 12:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Industrial Relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Migrant Workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Suzlon]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>&#8216;Their Life After Retirement&#8217; Series Part 2 Some people find unusual solutions to their problem. It is not a well-trodden path so there are difficulties...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://vivekvsp.com/2025/01/goodbye-india-hello-australia/">Goodbye India Hello Australia</a> appeared first on <a href="https://vivekvsp.com">Vivek Patwardhan</a>.</p>
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		<title>Tata Steel&#8217;s Exemplary Social Security Schemes</title>
		<link>https://vivekvsp.com/2024/08/tata-steels-social-security-schemes/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivek Patwardhan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2024 16:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employee Relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industrial relations]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>They Showed The Way, Any Takers? In my earlier blog post on Tata Steel (Social Security For Tata Steel Contract Workers ) I presented the...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://vivekvsp.com/2024/08/tata-steels-social-security-schemes/">Tata Steel&#8217;s Exemplary Social Security Schemes</a> appeared first on <a href="https://vivekvsp.com">Vivek Patwardhan</a>.</p>
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