XLRI alumnus Abhijit Bhaduri is ready with his second book that will hit the stores sometime in September.

Abhijit’s first book Mediocre But Arrogant (2005) was a bestseller and he may hit the jackpot again with Married But Available (2008).

The book is a sequel to the first one, that ended with the main protagonist, Abbey, and his mates in management studies getting placements. Abbey gets through the firm, Balwanpur Industries.

The sequel starts with an alumni meet of students of a premier management school, where Abbey talks of his life at Balwanpur Industries.

Married But Available deals with the trails and tribulations of the first 10 years of Abbey’s corporate life, where he is left struggling between his personal agendas and professional issues. Abbey’s situation is doubly hard as he is the first MBA from a premier institute to work in the fictitous Balwanpur Industries.

A graduate in economics from Delhi University, Abhijit came to XLRI to study personnel management in industrial relations in 1984.

“Lately, there have been many books published by B-school pass outs. Most deal with campus experiences. I thought of taking it a step further and writing about the corporate world beyond the classroom. Writing and sharing experiences is my hobby and I love doing it,” said the Gurgaon-based author to The Telegraph over the phone.

Bhaduri’s books also prove that you can take the student out of the course, but not course out of the student. The abbreviation of both his books happen to be “MBA”, proving that he has not forgotten his “cherished days” in Jamshedpur.

“Jamshedpur has its own charm. Apart from my institution, I like Jubilee Park, Dalma lake where I used to hang out a lot,” he signs off.

A Chinese by origin, Yung Ven Liu embraced Urdu as his mother tongue since the time he came to Jamshedpur in 1939.

He is approaching eighties and his visage shows the ravages of time.

In an era when Urdu seems to have passed into oblivion, Liu redefines Urdu literature. He has written a book, Lakeero Ki Sada, meaning “voice of our fate”, to be published soon.

This book would be an exclusive collection of Urdu poems. “The process of publication has started and the book will hit market soon,” he said.Two noted poets of the city — Shams Faridi and Saiyyad Ahmed Shamim — have shouldered the responsibility of compiling his poems in a book.

Liu said: “When I came to Jamshedpur in 1939, there were many Tata Steel-run schools where we had to learn a vernacular language. I chose Urdu in Burmamines Upper Primary school. After that, I was admitted to Loyola School. But my passion for Urdu took me back to an Urdu school and I completed my matriculation in Urdu medium.” Liu considers writing a passion and he is obsessed with the language. Thus, he has kept a pseudonym called Shaida Chini, “aashique Urdu ka”.

Since 17, he took to writing and gradually as time progressed he became a noted Urdu writer of the city. Being recognised with many awards, Liu received the Firaque Gorakhpuri Award in 2003. Today he smiles at the fact that his poems are going to be published. “I am happy about my book but I never wrote with the intention of publishing them. I always wrote for my passion,” he said.

As he looks down the memory lane, he tells that his wife Shao En Lein has been extremely supportive. “Although she does not understand much of the language still she appreciates what I write,” he said with a smile.

A slew of degrees and diplomas has been added to his name. Having completed his dental studies from Hyderabad, Liu had been a dental surgeon for 50 years. Burdened with age he left his profession in 2000 and handed over his work to his son Eric Liu. Eric gets emotional as he appreciates his father’s works. “I don’t have words to express my feelings on the publication of his book. I am planning a grand launch,” he said.

Faridi said: “Liu’s book will be distributed in all the libraries of the world. We want to preserve his exclusive works.” Shamim said the way in which Liu recites his poems was “quite commendable”.

Torrential rains, the highest in a decade, lashing the Steel City and its surrounding areas in Jharkhand, disrupted life for the third day on Wednesday.

Met office sources said a record 338.1 mm rainfall was recorded here since Tuesday morning.

Railway services came to a grinding halt due to the rains, Railway sources said. Most of the trains passing through Tatanagar were either cancelled or diverted.

The police and fire-brigade personnel were kept on high alert and executive magistrates asked to watch the situation which might worsen if the rains continued, East Singhbhum deputy commissioner Ravindra Agarwal told PTI.

Waterlogging was reported from low lying areas and boats were used to evacuate people, he said.

“We have shifted about 400 people to safer places but some people in Kadma and Mango are still stranded on roof-tops,” Agarwal said.

There was, however, no report of any casualty, he said.

Over 100 families in Jugsalai, Bagbera, Shastrinagar, Azadnagar, Daiguttu were affected as water gushed into the areas from Kharkhai river.

Road traffic in several areas, including Bistupur, Jugsalai were disrupted due to water-logging.

The boundary wall of an automobile factory at Adityapur industrial area collapsed last night washing away several semi-finished equipment, including gas cylinders and huge quantity of hydraulic oil.
While some schools in the steel city were closed due to waterlogging, attendance in offices was thin.

Life is strange and strange are the ways of lord!! “God proposes and man disposes” these words are so true and there will be up teem times in a human’s life where he realises that within him there are so many others residing and he is placed in many circumstances where he himself is not sure as to why and how he got into. Life moves on and show goes on and hence one has to get out of all mollycoddling and has to take charge of life. Getting defeated by the circumstances is no answer. Fighting is and the only way one can survive and move on. This can be tough as one reaches a phase where he sees a dead end. Bingo! Time to remember God. Does he help…..dudes they say so and I hope he does as this dead end can be overcome only when you are sure where to go. Even if you are not , you gotta take one way and “ A bad decision executed well in war will lead to victory”…thus a bad decision is 100 times better than no decision at all.