Retirement Archives - Vivek Patwardhan https://vivekvsp.com/tag/retirement/ The Events in Human Resources and Employee Relations space, and in My World through my eyes. Mon, 10 Feb 2025 03:52:08 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 113682794 What Does She Do Now? https://vivekvsp.com/2025/02/what-does-she-do-now/ https://vivekvsp.com/2025/02/what-does-she-do-now/#comments Sun, 09 Feb 2025 12:10:20 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=9251 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...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2025/02/what-does-she-do-now/feed/ 31 9251 The Dinesh Karthik Syndrome https://vivekvsp.com/2022/06/dinesh-karthik/ https://vivekvsp.com/2022/06/dinesh-karthik/#comments Sun, 19 Jun 2022 17:52:55 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=7403 “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...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2022/06/dinesh-karthik/feed/ 11 7403 Ashleigh Barty Serves The Winning Ace https://vivekvsp.com/2022/03/ashleigh-barty/ https://vivekvsp.com/2022/03/ashleigh-barty/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2022 09:01:07 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=7316 “Ashleigh Barty retired! Oh, I can’t believe it. Did you read this news story?” “Wise girl!” Lulu, my parrot, glanced at me and resumed nibbling...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2022/01/retirement/feed/ 8 7203 The Autumn Conversations https://vivekvsp.com/2018/09/autumn-conversations/ https://vivekvsp.com/2018/09/autumn-conversations/#comments Sun, 23 Sep 2018 20:21:35 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=5367 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...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2018/09/autumn-conversations/feed/ 5 5367 Some Thoughts and Some Feelings July 23 https://vivekvsp.com/2013/07/some-thoughts-and-some-feelings-july-23/ https://vivekvsp.com/2013/07/some-thoughts-and-some-feelings-july-23/#comments Tue, 23 Jul 2013 15:52:00 +0000 http://maheksanghavi.in/blog/2013/07/23/some-thoughts-and-some-feelings-july-23/ 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...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2013/07/some-thoughts-and-some-feelings-july-23/feed/ 2 1249 Some Discoveries and Some realisations https://vivekvsp.com/2009/05/some-discoveries-and-some-realisations/ https://vivekvsp.com/2009/05/some-discoveries-and-some-realisations/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 19:09:00 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=2034 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...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2009/05/some-discoveries-and-some-realisations/feed/ 13 2034 By the measure of self discovery or contribution? https://vivekvsp.com/2009/02/by-the-measure-of-self-discovery-or-contribution/ https://vivekvsp.com/2009/02/by-the-measure-of-self-discovery-or-contribution/#comments Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:26:00 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=2052 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...

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