Book Review – Today Now https://todaynow.in Latest News Website Tue, 14 Nov 2023 02:26:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://todaynow.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/cropped-AAAA-32x32.jpg Book Review – Today Now https://todaynow.in 32 32 Laughing through Creative Cartoons of worklife with Rahul Jain’s ‘#BeingHR … Being Humour Resource’ https://todaynow.in/laughing-through-creative-cartoons-of-worklife-with-rahul-jains-beinghr-being-humour-resource/ Tue, 07 Nov 2023 02:18:19 +0000 https://todaynow.in/?p=5645 Rahul Jain is an HR professional with close to 25 years of experience, he is also Associate Certified Coach (as per ICF), Mentor, Master level Certified Reiki Healer, Speaker, Campus Panelist, Storyteller, Social media enthusiast ranked by SHRM India amongst Top 35 HR professionals to follow on X (earlier Twitter) known for his handle @BeingHR. Rahul has worked with reputed organizations in Asia pacific region based at Singapore and India with diversified industry segments and is the recipient of “The Great Managers Award 2018” by People Business and ET Now and has been a speaker at World HRD Congress (Mumbai) and played an important role to secure 4th ranking for his employer as “Dream companies to work with” by Times Ascent in 2017.

Everytime you are able to find some humour in a difficult situation, you win. Work life brings a fair share of humor in our daily life. If it isn’t a difficult colleague, it’s an unscrupulous competitor, or brainless people putting long hours to solve a simple problem, stressful deadlines, people dealing with changes and technology, all such situations can be funny and inspiration to draw a cartoon. If you like reading funny stuff and flip through the cartoons, author guarantee you that it will be the quickest book for you to finish and you will recommend it to other readers too. By having this book you can contribute to society as part of the earning from the book is meant for charitable purposes.

The book #BeingHR … Being Humour Resource is a work of fiction.

Names, characters and incidents are the wild and funny imagination of the author although inspiration is take from workplace situations. If you resemble any of the characters or incidents … then you have been a soft target.

This book is for readers with a busy schedule as it assure you that once you start reading it, you will be compelled to finish it in one go with lots of laughter.

This book is for all those readers who are in HR or deal with and also wonder what HR guys do. It’s for all superstar and budding HR professionals in industry who have seen or will encounter most of these situations in worklife.

This book is also for readers who enjoy jokes, sense of humor, admire creativity and have courage of laughing at self.

Link to the book:- https://amzn.eu/d/faBTqUU

Let’s delve into the author’s insights.

Q1.What inspired you to write a humorous book focused on HR professionals and their experiences?

Ans: #BeingHR … Being Humour Resource is a collection of my hand drawn cartoons over the years which I was posting on my social media accounts and was circulating to my friends which were not getting its due attention and recognition but then there was a need felt to showcase my creative side to the larger readers and book lovers in a collective manner. When it was a time to publish the book, all the hand drawn cartoons were digitalized for better print/quality purposes and they were given a logical sequence to showcase the fun side of work life and employee life cycle.

Q2.Can you share some insights into your creative process while coming up with the wild and funny characters and incidents in the book?

Ans: Those who know me closely are familiar with my repartee and sense of humour. I am blessed to have playfulness which doesn’t hurt anyone but keeps people smiling and laughing.

The cartoons in my book are inspired from real life incidents and my funny imagination out of a serious situation. Situations at work, colleagues, friends triggered many creative ideas and then I have drawn it using paper pen and at times digitally.

Q3.How do you balance humor with addressing the realities of the HR profession in your book?

Ans: All the cartoons in my book have some situation inspiring it, funny side of the situation is expressed through cartoons. Cartoons take a dig at hard hitting realities whereas after each of the cartoons I have put text or comments which gives lots of insight, knowledge and learning to readers. Readers can quickly relate these cartoons as most of them have experienced similar situations in one or the other organization.

Q4.Were there any personal experiences or anecdotes from your own HR career that influenced the content of the book?

Ans: Yes, there are cartoons in this book based on my own experience in HR. Have seen people in HR who preach something and practice something else. At times people tend to ignore the real issues, wrongly define problems and search for solutions which is not at all relevant, people using too much of jargons, superstitious managers, people doing over analysis (leading to mental paralysis), leaders going overboard to bring in artificial intelligence while struggling with issues of human intelligence, false commitments, missing timelines, emotional blackmails and so on. This book covers 120+ situations and makes you laugh.

Q5.What do you hope readers, especially those in HR, take away from your book in terms of understanding the profession better?

Ans:-  Book is loaded with fun elements, readers or HR professionals will get a chance to laugh at first place, reflect on what they have been doing and seen humourous. Cartoons are for fun but has a message or take too. This book makes HR people laugh at themselves and I know self-deprecating is not everyone’s cup of tea, so they can enjoy coffee (puns intended). Have fun!

Book review in renowned Business Manager Magazine:- https://www.businessmanager.in/beinghr-being-humour-resource-fun-side-of-work-life/

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Author Spotlight: Dr. Suraj Tej Kumar Karwade and ‘Maun, Muskan or Maut’ https://todaynow.in/author-spotlight-dr-suraj-tej-kumar-karwade-and-maun-muskan-or-maut/ Mon, 06 Nov 2023 13:16:49 +0000 https://todaynow.in/?p=5606 Dr Suraj Tej Kumar Karwade ( born 18 November 1988 in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India ) is well known for breaking the world record of American Cancer Society and holding the Guinness world record since 2016. He also holds the India Book of Records award for the same . Dr Suraj Tej Kumar Karwade has completed his Bachelor of dental surgery in 2013 from Maharashtra University of Health and Science and started his career as a lecturer for Biology for NEET UG in 2014. He has work experience of more than 8 years in the department of zoology and he is currently working as a lecturer in Latur. Apart from this at the time of covid pandemic, he willingly worked with Nagpur Municipal Corporation and served the people of Nagpur by doing the RT PCR test and Antigen test for covid. And for this, he received awards from Shri Nitin Gadkari (Minister of Road Transport and Highways of India) and Shri Dayashankar Tiwari (54th Mayor of Nagpur). Under his guidance, more than 500 students got admission in their dream college like AIIMS-Delhi, Bhopal, Nagpur, etc. He conducted more than 300 dental checkup camps for underprivileged children and mentally challenged children.

Let’s discuss his book ‘Maun, Muskan or Maut’.

Book tells you about how important it is to be silent , in life most of your problems come from your speaking, ( it’s often said “speaking is silver but silence is gold”)

We all should practice silence ( maun) at least 3 hours per day. That makes your dependency on society to zero.

In life problems will come but you should be able to handle all the problems with a smile .

Challenges are part of Life and coming out of them successfully is an art of life.

Death will take everything from you one day so don’t go for the things that you can’t take with you, help someone, bring smiles on their faces . Respect your loved ones, especially your family mummy papa, the day you will realise their importance will be the day they won’t be there for you. So respect them when they are still alive.

Link to the book Maun, Muskan aur Maut https://amzn.eu/d/dsFKjwv

Let’s delve into the author’s insights.

Q1. What is the main concept of your book?

Ans: What is the importance of silence and smile in your life , and another important thing that takes away everything from you that’s death (so find something that will stay with you even after death).

Q2. What inspired you to write a book with such a thought-provoking concept? 

Ans: I have been practising maun (silence) since 2019 and I know silence is not empty, it’s full of answers ( most of your problems in your life are because of your speaking) so avoid speaking in unnecessary places and unnecessary questions.

Q3. Can you share some of the key messages or life lessons you hope readers will take away from your book?

Ans: Silence – when a person is silent his dependency becomes zero from the society, and he will be able to avoid 95% of problems in his life.

Q4. Could you describe the significance of the title and how it ties into the book’s themes?

Ans: Maun (silence) , muskan (smile) and maut (death )

These are 3 important things to be considered. All are very important once someone knows how you can avoid most of your problems by not speaking, muskan – always have a smile on your face hoping that it’s your chance to become Better version of yourself after difficult times.

Q5. What advice do you want to give your readers?

Ans: Live each moment of your life

Respect your parents

Don’t keep any grudges or fight with someone because one day death will take everything from you.

Just imagine that today is your last day , now you will be fighting with someone ?

Will you still have grudges with someone?

Be happy, practice to stay silent in most of your situations and have a smile on your face.

Review: Our life is full of ups and downs and when we see things go in opposite direction of what we wished for, we curse our destiny and ourself of those. But in true words, this is what life is…every phase cannot be same throughout but to fight it with courage is in our hands. Life will through different question papers to everyone, and how we deal we it is what makes our life what we want it to be.

Love is the highest feeling in this world and when we have our loved once with us, this once seem difficult life become beautiful.

I loved this quote a lot – “It is the quality of life that matters not the quantity of life”. Embrace your present because its what we have with us now. I loved the book and recommend to get insights and clarity to deal with various aspects of life.

Link to the book Maun, Muskan aur Maut https://amzn.eu/d/dsFKjwv

 

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Ignite Your Insights: Dr. Pramod K. Pal’s Guide to Personal and Professional Growth https://todaynow.in/ignite-your-insights-dr-pramod-k-pals-guide-to-personal-and-professional-growth/ Wed, 18 Oct 2023 15:38:48 +0000 https://todaynow.in/?p=5550 Inspiring journey of Dr. Pramod K. Pal who has conquered many challenges in business and now triumphed as authors. In the process of navigating his business, he finds inspiration in the world of literature. He discovered a passion for writing and sharing his experiences and insights through words.

As Author, He Shares His  World, Inspiring Others Who Might Be Facing  Struggles In Their Own Lives.

This book is designed to help you unlock your inner potential and take steps towards achieving your goals. Whether you are struggling in your personal or professional life, this book will provide you with practical strategies to overcome obstacles and stay inspired.

Ignite Your Insights https://amzn.eu/d/b6WfOcd

Let’s delve into the author’s insights.

Q 1. Why do you think books are important for us?

Ans: Books are indeed best friends. If I don’t have a book I read the previous ones again and again!  I am personally sharing my feeling that without reading a book, it’s just like I escape the most essential part of daily rituals.

Every part of our body needs exercise to stay healthy, and the same goes for our brain. Reading gives it regular exercise and keeps it healthy and sound. As a human, we all individuals have full potential within us. There is a need to ignite it.

Q 2. How did you come up with the idea of writing your book and what does it offer?

Ans: My stories offer valuable pursuing passions, and embracing creativity in the face of visionary.

In the process of navigating my business, I found inspiration in the world of literature. I discovered a passion for writing and sharing my experiences and insights through words.

This book will equip you with the tools you need to take control of your life and create the future you desire. This book is designed to help you find and maintain the path of attainment, even in the face of adversity.

Q 3. Is there something you want to share with your readers?

Ans: As an author, I have shared my world, inspiring others who might be facing struggles in their own lives. These books resonate with readers who find solace, guidance, or motivation in the pages of my work.

Everyone should always remember the fact that ups and downs in life are the two sides of a coin. Upgrades and downfalls do not completely depend on one’s skill and ability.

In the process of navigating my business, I find inspiration in the world of literature. I discovered a passion for writing and sharing my experiences and insights through words.

Q 4. How do you think your book can help people?

Ans: Everything you read fills your mind up new bits of information, and you never know when it might come in handy. Set aside regular time for reading. It could be daily, a few times a week, or whatever fits your schedule. Consistency is essential for absorbing and applying the book’s lessons.

The more knowledge you have, the better equipped you are to tackle any challenge you’ll ever face.

This book is effective when you apply the advice in real life. Identify actionable steps from the book and incorporate them into your daily routines or challenges.

Q 5. Why do you believe reading a book is an essential part of daily rituals, and what message do you have for your readers regarding the book you’ve written?

Ans: I am personally sharing my feeling that without reading a book, it’s just like I escape the most essential part of daily rituals.

Reading a book is a valuable way to gain insights and strategies for personal growth and improvement.

I am writing to extend my heartfelt gratitude for reading my book. Your decision to invest your time and attention in my work means a great deal to me, and I am truly honored.

This book is designed to help you find and maintain the path of attainment, even in the face of adversity.

Do you remember the last time you picked up a book and actually finished it?  Now you are having this book and let explore yourself with extremely good content within it.

Goodreads:- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199390892-ignite-your-insights

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