![The Dinesh Karthik Syndrome](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Roma-Kaiukua-Unsplash750.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
“Did you watch Dinesh Karthik? What a game he played! All are going gaga over Dinesh Karthik.” I pointed out to the newspaper stories on…
![Retirement, Harbhajan And Cash Flow](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Pensive-Mood.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
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…
![The Autumn Conversations](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Autumn750.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
It was very cold outside. Not cold for the Englishmen but very cold for a Mumbaikar. I was out in a park in London. The…
![Some Thoughts and Some Feelings July 23](https://vivekvsp.com/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Some thoughts and some feelings, all mine: Like one of the most difficult decisions in life is ‘How much is enough?’ And it is sad…
![Some Discoveries and Some realisations](https://vivekvsp.com/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Now that I am almost retired [almost, because technically I am on leave till end of the month], some discoveries and some ‘re-discoveries’ have been…
![By the measure of self discovery or contribution?](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/Thinkingman.jpg?resize=110%2C120&ssl=1)
The big applause surprised me! The master of ceremony had just finished my introduction. He had ended it by pointing out that I had worked…
![On Farewell parties](https://vivekvsp.com/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Why am I feeling angry and irritated? I asked myself as I was returning from a send off party. People who have put in long…
![Dusk and Dawn](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/Retirement.jpg?resize=131%2C105&ssl=1)
My retirement is less than ten months away. It is prompting my friends to ask what I will be doing after retirement. The discussion then…