Guide to Etiquette and Manners in Different Countries For Business and Students

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World Passport for Global Managers
Author: Walter Vieira
ISBN: 9788178061849
Pages: 168
Price: INR 150.00

The book 'World Passport for Global Managers' has been written purposely to acclimatise those who keep moving or are inclined to move from place A to B or from one country to another for business, study or travel. And what does it familiarize us with? The book includes practically all important basics about the characteristic behavior, etiquette and manners practiced in day-to-day life by people in different countries. It makes us aware that a custom accepted at one place may not be so elsewhere. It may even be a subject matter of scorn.

Why learning such mannerisms has suddenly acquired importance? Simply because being unaware could hurt host's sensibilities and create bad vibes between the host and the guest. Take the RIGHT FOOT forward. Moreover, globalization is pushing businesses into every corner, taking people along in the process. Tourism is another factor attracting billions of men and women to distant lands, different cultures. People mingle with one another. Faraway, when you meet someone you ponder how to greet, how to receive, how to speak, what to say, how to eat, where...? Different language, different manners stand as verbal barriers. You think of millions of questions but no satisfactory answers.

Each chapter is loaded with information that is guaranteed to make us take on the world confidently.

This book will motivate you to read more, observe more and learn more, about the different ways in which people do things and how they are different from one another. The knowledge gained will be helpful in behaving appropriately in varied situations. Basic theme being -'show consideration for others'. Remember etiquette is connected to success -especially on the global platform - 'manners maketh the successful man'.

The author Walter Vieira helps stop all such mental pounding by presenting in a lucid and lively language his first-hand cultural observations, acquired over 4 decades of working across continents, and prepares us to understand subtle nuances attributable to various country customs and mores. This book tells you how to behave in varied circumstances. Smart tips in verbal and non-verbal communications, business etiquette, human skills etc., hone our sense of civility for ultimate business success. Ideally suited for people in IT, BPO, KPO sectors and others who move in cross-cultural societies.

Cutting For Stone - A Novel by Abraham Verghese - Book Review

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Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese is a word short of being phenomenal. Being a practicing physician and an exquisite writer, he manages to pull together the two to create a magnificent first novel.

Marion and Shiva Stone, the two protagonists in the story couldn't be more interesting. Born from a mother who was a nun, they were orphaned at birth and conjoined at the skulls. They were separated immediately, and they grew apart more than two brothers ever could. Their father mysteriously disappears upon their birth, and the disappearance provides a constant back story for the novel, and which importance is later revealed in the story.

The story takes place in locations like Ethiopia and New York, the two travel the roads that further and further separate them physically and emotionally. However, they are still reunited later, because of both their passion for medicine and the puzzling disappearance of their father.

The novel cannot be possibly put down. It's gripping like a long lost love continuing to stay and linger on you. And it's definitely a powerful first novel for Abraham Verghese. Being compared, both positively and negatively, to authors like Salman Rushdie, Gabriel Garcia-Marquez, John Irving, and Anne Tyler, he is a both a victim and a victor in his own right.

However one looks at it, it cannot be denied that something wonderful has been done with the novel. Verghese's expertise in both medicine and writing perhaps? One thing is sure though, that Abraham Verghese definitely has his own magic when it comes to writing novels.

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