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Milestone Moment: My 1,000th Blog Post – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1000 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1000 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to aq.pharmaveterans@gmail.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Wendy Wei Credit: Yulia Ilina Today Marks a Special Day on this Journey—My 1,000th Blog Post.  I took up blog writing in 2017 while I was working in Vietnam. I did some homework and made background preparation. I registered a domain and booked a dedicated space on WordPress to publish blogs – with the name https://pharmaveterans.com. I wrote a few blog posts before publishing. The rest as they say is history.  As I sit down to reflect on this achievement, I’m reminded of the many experiences, ideas, and innovations I’ve had the privilege of sharing with you over the years. My core industry is pharmaceuticals, hence the name pharma vetera...

  The Unsung Volunteers – Blog Post #370 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #370. Pharma Veterans welcomes sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large . Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here .   Life is fast and competitive; only the fittest shall survive. But what about those who are ‘differently-abled’? Surely, life may be harder for them but here and there we find great examples of people taking up the causes of such people and trying to make a difference in the world for those who may face discrimination and marginalization every day. In a struggling country like ours, where governments are unable to guarantee even basic rights of citizens; for less privileged, there is hardly any relief. Hearing Impairment, Hearing Deficit, and Deafness are various stage...

Handling Diversity at Workplace I – Blog Post #355 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #355. Pharma Veterans welcomes sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large . Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here .   We do hear phrases like ‘Diversity is Beauty’, ‘Diversity is the Essence of Life’, ‘Diversity Brings Colors to Life’ and so on. What do we really understand from diversity? How do we handle diversity? These are the two questions we shall address. Understanding Diversity Diversity literally means difference. Being Diverse is the state of being different. Diversity has many origins and many forms. Some of the common forms may be identified as follows. Ethnic Diversity is based on ethnicity. Major ethnicities are Caucasians (whites), Africans (Blacks), East Asians (...

Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #303. Pharma Veterans shares the wealth of knowledge and wisdom of Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site.  If you wish to share your stories, ideas and thoughts, please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . Negativity was around us since we did not even know us what it was. Probably it had been there since the beginning of mankind. When Abel (Habeel) offered sacrifice and it was accepted, and Kane’s sacrifice was not accepted, Kane (Kabeel) decided to kill Abel. Quran says that Abel tried to stop him with reason, but Kane persisted and killed him. Later, Allah sent a crow which dug the earth to show how to bury the dead. Yes, Kane regretted his act, but it was too late. It only shows that the humans have built-in capacity for negativity and positivity, and built-in capability to ...