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V R Ferose

Based in Palo Alto, VR Ferose is SVP & Head of Globalization Services at SAP SE. He is a Board Member of Specialist People Foundation. He founded the India Inclusion Foundation, which seeks to mainstream India’s inclusion discussion, and conducts the India Inclusion Summit and Inclusion Fellowships. In 2012, the World Economic Forum named him a ‘Young Global Leader’. In March 2017, he was conferred the AUCD award for his pathbreaking ‘Autism at Work’ initiative. Ferose has co-authored Gifted, a best-seller on people with disabilities.

Can Team Sports Be Truly Inclusive And Unified?

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India’s women’s cricket team

When We Can’t Say Which Is Better – The Movie Or The Book?

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A scene from The Martian ... people saw the movie and bought the book.

Puzzles And Paradoxes: The Case for Lefties

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When The Name On The Book Ain’t Real, The Identity Just Might Be

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The book <i>The Cuckoo’s Calling</i> was published under the name of Robert Galbraith, which, as it turned out, was a pseudonym taken on by J K Rowling, author of the <i>Harry Potter</i> books. (Jordan Mansfield/Getty Images)

Books In Films: From Mere Objects To Symbolic Beings

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Actor Emile Hirsch’s character Christopher McCandless reading Leo Tolstoy’s <i>Family Happiness</i> in the Sean Penn-directed film <i>Into The Wild</i>.

One Precious Book That You Can’t Part With

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A woman reads a book in the sunshine in Victoria Tower Gardens in London. (Peter Macdiarmid/GettyImages)&nbsp;

Booked By The Beautiful Game

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Nothing could stop us from living in a make-believe world of having our own soccer 11, and Maradona would always lead that pack, across generations.

There’s Something About The Physical World That Knows You Are Observing It

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The Hubble Space Telescope captured a spectacular image of the bright star-forming ring that surrounds the heart of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1097. (NASA/ESA/Hubble)

Why It Is Important To Change The Narrative Around Autism

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Children take part in ‘Autism Awareness Month’ at the India Gate in New Delhi. (Arvind Yadav/Hindustan Times via GettyImages)&nbsp;

A Timeless Tech Reading List

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The genre of technology literature for the masses is relatively new. But today, technology books are widely read all over the world, with passion and interest.

The Multi-Sensory Consciousness Of Gary Zukav

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Gary Zukav (Christopher Brescoe/Wikimedia Commons)&nbsp;

Real Life Letters: Thumbing Through Remarkable Human Records

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The joys of letters (Wikimedia Commons)

Differently-Abled People Remind Us Of The Value Of Compassion

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School children carry placards as they participate in the Autism Awareness Walk 2013.

The Seduction Of Lists – Why We Find It Hard To Resist Them

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The “Top 10” lists are a favourite on the web. (Yoppy/Flickr)

Ode To The Odd Books: The One-Sentence Novel And Other High-Concept Books

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Gorgeous Nothings ... envelope poems

Movie Posters Of The Past That Have More Than One Story To Tell

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A poster promoting ‘Where The Wild Things Are’.

Of Books And Bookshelves

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Jefferson’s Monticello Library in the Library of Congress. (Wikimedia Commons)

World Book Day: An Ode To The Bard, The Best Of Them All

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Shakespeare’s First Folio.&nbsp;

Gift Of The Finest Facsimile: A Collector’s Tribute To Printers And Illustrators

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The Morgan Library and Museum in New York.

A Tale Of Two Friends And Their Discovery Of How The Mind Works

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The Undoing Project (Photo Courtesy: Penguin UK)

The Road To Sparta: The Story Of One Of The World’s Greatest Ultramarathoners

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<i>The Road to Sparta</i> by Dean Karnazes (Amazon)

Insights From My Inclusion Journey

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V R Ferose (IIS/Twitter)

In Quest Of Gandhi: A Collector’s Personal Search For Mahatma Memorabilia

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Framed Gandhi photo with his signature

Listing The New Essentials Of Our Lives

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To-Do list. Photo credit: WikiMedia Commons

The Fine, Deluxe Edition

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Go Set a Watchman

All the President’s Books 

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Barack Obama/Getty Images

The Five Life Lessons That My Specially-Abled Son Taught Me

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Vivaan Ferose&nbsp;

The Joy Of Autism

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VR Ferose (L) and Temple Grandin&nbsp;

A Visit To Some Of The Best Book Stores In The United States

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Housing Works

Of Collecting Cricket Memorabilia

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