Book review Archives - Vivek Patwardhan https://vivekvsp.com/tag/book-review/ The Events in Human Resources and Employee Relations space, and in My World through my eyes. Sat, 29 Nov 2025 03:31:57 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 113682794 Metamorphosis https://vivekvsp.com/2025/08/metamorphosis/ https://vivekvsp.com/2025/08/metamorphosis/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2025 16:21:09 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=9656 Kafka’s Book Set Me Thinking ‘Metamorphosis’ was the name of the book I read. In fact however, I read two books, one the English translation...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2025/08/metamorphosis/feed/ 8 9656 YES, PLEASE TAKE THE OTP https://vivekvsp.com/2025/07/yes-please-take-the-otp/ https://vivekvsp.com/2025/07/yes-please-take-the-otp/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2025 18:16:21 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=9612 The book comprehensively captures the impact of e-Commerce Neelambari Joshi wrote a short post on ‘OTP Please’, the book which Vandana Vasudevan authored, on Facebook,...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2025/07/yes-please-take-the-otp/feed/ 4 9612 Her Tale of Two Books https://vivekvsp.com/2024/09/tale-of-two-books/ https://vivekvsp.com/2024/09/tale-of-two-books/#comments Mon, 23 Sep 2024 18:23:10 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=8947 I met Ms Vinu Pillai at Thane HR Group, but I really got to know her well only during the past two or three years....

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2024/09/tale-of-two-books/feed/ 5 8947 Poetic Advice On Mental Health https://vivekvsp.com/2023/09/mental-health/ https://vivekvsp.com/2023/09/mental-health/#respond Wed, 20 Sep 2023 12:28:13 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=8133 ‘Anxiety None-O-None’ which is an ‘Illustrated book of poems For teens and young adults’ is a book different from the ‘Do-This and Don’t-do-that’ books on...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2023/09/mental-health/feed/ 0 8133 The War, a Ukrainian Soldier, and His Sister https://vivekvsp.com/2023/09/war-2/ https://vivekvsp.com/2023/09/war-2/#comments Mon, 04 Sep 2023 09:25:22 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=8121 ‘The Death of a Soldier Told by His Sister’ attracted my attention in the book shop because of Russia’s war with Ukraine. I had earlier...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2023/09/war-2/feed/ 2 8121 When I Met Gulzar https://vivekvsp.com/2023/04/gulzar/ https://vivekvsp.com/2023/04/gulzar/#comments Tue, 11 Apr 2023 06:07:45 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=7799 “What’s the matter?” Lulu, my parrot, asked giving me a curious look. “You were reading till midnight?” “My friend NS Iyer surprised me with a...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2023/04/gulzar/feed/ 5 7799 You Cannot Open a Book Without Learning Something https://vivekvsp.com/2022/12/book/ https://vivekvsp.com/2022/12/book/#comments Mon, 26 Dec 2022 17:34:28 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=7650 ‘You cannot open a book without learning something’ Confucius said. I experience it whenever I read a book. I kept a record of the books...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2022/12/book/feed/ 11 7650 The Empowering Regret https://vivekvsp.com/2022/03/regret/ https://vivekvsp.com/2022/03/regret/#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2022 16:15:20 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=7334 “The Power of Regret. This is another interesting book from Dan Pink.” I waved a copy of the book to draw Lulu’s attention. “Must be...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2022/03/regret/feed/ 4 7334 From Cancer With Faith And Mysticism https://vivekvsp.com/2022/03/cancer-faith/ https://vivekvsp.com/2022/03/cancer-faith/#comments Sun, 13 Mar 2022 07:03:55 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=7266 “Life is full of surprises,” I closed the book and put it on my study table. “Every biography of a cancer patient tells surprising stories...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2022/03/cancer-faith/feed/ 11 7266 ‘Akkarmashee’ A Must Read Biography https://vivekvsp.com/2021/05/akkarmashee-biography/ https://vivekvsp.com/2021/05/akkarmashee-biography/#comments Sun, 30 May 2021 05:40:14 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=6860 While reading a book, I often pick up a reference of another interesting book. I can’t remember where I read about ‘Akkarmashee’, the autobiography of...

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