Marriage that is HR
The Telegraph, of Calcutta, in their edition dated Sunday , October 12 , 2008 writes about the event at CROSSWORD bookstore at Elgin Road, Kolkata in the section called Book Bazar. They call it
Marriage that is HR
"Married but Available, that’s a book, written by Abhijit Bhaduri, an HR employee with Microsoft. No, the book is not about promiscuity. It deals with HR management. Bhaduri, in fact, has a thing for titles. His first book, of which this is a sequel, was called Mediocre but Arrogant.
An intriguing title draws readers. The book launch at Crossword on September 29 had event manager Sujoy Prasad Chatterjee conversing with the author. For someone who works backstage arranging such book launches, it was novel to have Chatterjee taking centrestage, exchanging notes with the author on studying “Eco honours” and following it up with management degree, which both the HR manager and the event manager seemed to have done."
The Hindu newspaper had already announced the book on 6th Oct 2008 in their piece titled
Made in heaven, available now
| “Married But Available”, the sequel to “Mediocre But Arrogant”, is on the shelves |
HarperCollins India and Crossword hosted the launch of “Married But Available” by Abhijit Bhaduri at the capital, recently. It is a sequel to his debut novel “Mediocre But Arrogant”.The book traces the protagonist Abbey’s life, amid circumstances that catch him unawares.Many avatars The multifaceted Bhaduri, has illustrated several books and is an accomplished cartoonist too. He has a job with an IT major and has also hosted a popular radio show, Movie Magic, about classic Hindi movies and film music.
The storyline
The sequel was eagerly awaited by his readers. Commenting on the book, Abhijit Bhaduri had this to say.
“The first 10 years are the most eventful in anybody’s working life. In the book they certainly are in the case of Abbey, who walks into a job at Balwanpur Industries, fresh from B-school and soon, he discovers that working for HR (Human Resources) is great. But the fact is that there’s hardly anybody in the company who doesn’t have a view of who Abbey is and what Abbey does — or should do.”The author adds to it “the complications of being newly married to a woman more successful than he is, a crusty boss, and a sudden turn in the company’s fortunes which catches Abbey unawares.And the rest is up to him now, to apply all that HR wisdom learnt in business school to the dilemmas confronting him at work and in love.”
The website Coolavenues.com mentions the host of other XL Alumnus who have released books. Anu Kumar ('94 batch of XLRI) is already out with her third book called Atisa and the Seven Wonders. Her two other books were In Search of Raja and Other Stories, and Letters for Paul.
Nandita Da Cunha another alumnus from my B-School has written The Magic of Maya and is a blogger too. Check out her blog. By the way, she is an accomplished pianist as well.
Coolavenues.com says
"XLRI, known for its management graduates, yet again rises above the clutter of other B-schools with such creative alumni who have shown to the world what all-round education can do. Abhijit is not alone in this league of all-rounders. Anu Kumar, Sabyasachi Nag, Nandita da Cunha are some names of the XL students who have also got their work published and appreciated by a bouquet of readers."
They had covered the launch of Married But Available on with a piece titled
XLRI Alumnus Releases Second Book, "Married But Available"
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