Introspection Archives - Vivek Patwardhan https://vivekvsp.com/tag/introspection/ The Events in Human Resources and Employee Relations space, and in My World through my eyes. Fri, 22 Aug 2025 15:53:24 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 113682794 A THOUSAND MUTINIES NOW! https://vivekvsp.com/2025/06/thousand-mutinies/ https://vivekvsp.com/2025/06/thousand-mutinies/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2025 16:32:46 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=9583 What Blogging Taught Me The title of this blog post will remind you of VS Naipaul’s book, ‘A Million Mutinies Now’.  The Naipaul book ‘is...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2023/12/marks/feed/ 5 8348 Art and Heart https://vivekvsp.com/2023/10/art-2/ https://vivekvsp.com/2023/10/art-2/#comments Mon, 16 Oct 2023 13:21:32 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=8216 “Hello, this is interesting; trying your hand at art? I have never seen you sketching and drawing. Now, now! what is going on?” Lulu flipped...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2023/10/art-2/feed/ 1 8216 My Book Journey https://vivekvsp.com/2023/05/book-journey/ https://vivekvsp.com/2023/05/book-journey/#comments Thu, 25 May 2023 18:33:08 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=7820 “My book journey must have begun long ago.” I told Lulu, my parrot, who had flown in my room and settled on the sofa. “I...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2023/05/book-journey/feed/ 12 7820 Fifty Years Of Life In Retrospect https://vivekvsp.com/2023/02/life-in-retrospect/ https://vivekvsp.com/2023/02/life-in-retrospect/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2023 16:32:35 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=7726 “How does it feel” Lulu, my parrot, asked. He was reading as I was typing a message to my HR group on WhatsApp. “Hmmm …....

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2022/07/emotions/feed/ 23 7446 River Of Life And Reflections https://vivekvsp.com/2022/07/river-of-life/ https://vivekvsp.com/2022/07/river-of-life/#comments Sun, 10 Jul 2022 08:20:14 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=7436 “What’s that? River of Life?” Lulu, my parrot, glanced at the paper on my table which was otherwise blank but for the caption written on...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2022/07/river-of-life/feed/ 4 7436 Retirement, Harbhajan And Cash Flow https://vivekvsp.com/2022/01/retirement/ https://vivekvsp.com/2022/01/retirement/#comments Sun, 02 Jan 2022 22:29:05 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=7203 A bench is placed under a big banyan tree in the park. That is where I often sit. My favourite place. Lulu, my parrot, flew...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2022/01/retirement/feed/ 8 7203 Wedged Between Imagination And Imperfect Recall https://vivekvsp.com/2020/03/character/ https://vivekvsp.com/2020/03/character/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2020 07:29:41 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=6078 “Dr Bavaskar mentions in his biography that, as a young boy, he used to work as a helper in a shop owned by one Madansheth...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2020/03/character/feed/ 4 6078 Running Reflections https://vivekvsp.com/2019/08/murakami-bookreview/ https://vivekvsp.com/2019/08/murakami-bookreview/#comments Sun, 25 Aug 2019 19:20:19 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=5791 When you like a book by a certain author, you also look for his other books. I had enjoyed reading Murakami’s ‘Men Without Women’ so...

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