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    The Chosen One: My Mother, My Son
    The Chosen One: My Mother, My Son
    The Chosen One: My Mother, My Son
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    The Chosen One: My Mother, My Son

    By Vijay Shankar Sharma

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    With Best Wishes from the Class of 2014-15 of PGPMax, Indian School of Business (ISB)

    In a word, 'awesome'. The eulogy on nature's bounty arising out of the excesses of man's betrayal met its mark! A faculty of Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.

    The Chosen One : My Mother made me cry and still makes me sombre whenever I think of it A Reader
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPartridge Publishing India
    Release dateNov 28, 2014
    ISBN9781482838022
    The Chosen One: My Mother, My Son
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    Vijay Shankar Sharma

    Vijay Shankar Sharma has written over 100 poems in English, Hindi and Urdu and a book on corporate humour and is in the process of writing a book on a new financial theory. Vijay is a Chartered Accountant, has completed ADP from Wharton and is doing executive MBA from Indian School of Business. He has worked in several MNCs and has over 20 years of experience of working in almost every function of an organisation, including as CFO and CEO. Vijay shows a unique blend of business and creative knowledge that is rare to find. The reader will be mesmerized by depth of thoughts that the poet has so effortlessly expressed in this poems which are bound to entertain and shock the reader apart from making them think about them for a long time. Vijay is married & is father of two. You can contact vijay at vijayshankar.sharma@yahoo.com

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      The Chosen One - Vijay Shankar Sharma

      Copyright © 2014 Vijay Shankar Sharma. All rights reserved.

      Illustrations by Sujeet Singh

      ISBN

      978-1-4828-3803-9 (sc)

      978-1-4828-3802-2 (e)

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      11/26/2014

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      About the Poet:

      Vijay Shankar Sharma is an unlikely poet. A Chartered Accountant (ICAI) and ADP (Wharton Business School), he has spent 24 years in corporate world working in many roles including CFO and CEO.

      Vijay writes poetry in English, Hindi and Urdu. His poems are sensitive, thought provoking and often against social evils. Vijay has written papers for corporate world. He also has plans to complete his book on corporate humour soon apart from launching an internet start-up soon.

      Vijay is currently pursuing Executive MBA, PGPMax programme from Indian

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