XLRI Alumnus Releases Second Book, "Married But Available"

XLRI Alumnus Releases Second Book, "Married But Available"

The first ten years are the most eventful, they say, in anybody's working life. They certainly are in the case of Abbey, who graduates from the management institute of Jamshedpur and walks straight into a job at Balwanpur Industries in Northern India. As the

first MBA from a premiere institute to be hired by the family-owned business, he knows that every step of his attracts undue attention. It doesn't help that he's an HR man whose business it is to meet and get to know people across the ranks, which means there's hardly anybody in the company who doesn't have a view of who Abbey is and what Abbey does - or should do.

Add to this the complications of being newly married to a woman whose looks and personal wealth make him the envy of most others, a crusty golf playing boss who believes in straight talk, and a sudden turn in the company's fortune that catches Abbey unawares. It's up to him now, to apply all that HR wisdom learnt in business school, to the dilemmas confronting him at work and in love. Can he hold down his job and keep his friends, despite the mounting pressure, or will his first job end the way his marriage threatens to - rapidly and without too many regrets?

"Married But Available" is Abhijit Bhaduri's second book published by HarperCollins Publishers India, Paperback / Fiction / 270 pp / Rs. 195. His earlier book, "Mediocre But Arrogant" is a delightful account of how the two years of doing an MBA in a fictitious business school in the steel city of Jamshedpur, transform Abbey's life, perspective and relationships. Anyone who has lived in a school or college hostel will be able to identify with the characters of this funny but insightful novel.

Abhijit Bhaduri did his MBA in HR from XLRI, Jamshedpur in 1984, and heads the Human Resources Team of Microsoft. He has earlier worked with organisations including PepsiCo, Colgate and Tata Steel, in India, Malaysia and US. He holds a Bachelor's Degree with Honors in Economics from Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University, India, and then did his Post Graduation in Human Resources from XLRI, Jamshedpur. He also has a degree in Law from Delhi University, India.

A man of many interests, Abhijit has illustrated several books, and is an accomplished cartoonist. He loves theatre and has acted in plays staged in India, Kuala Lumpur and US. While in US, he hosted a popular radio show - Movie Magic - about classic Hindi movies and film music. Even in India, he was a popular voice on All India Radio where he read the news in English and acted in a number of radio plays and hosted music-based shows.

XLRI, known for its management graduates, is 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.

Concluded.

Contributed by -
Gayathri Krishnan,
Executive Member,
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XLRI, Jamshedpur.

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