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• A Life Well Lived - Pratap Dattatraya Joshi - RIP

  Posted on Monday September 22nd, 2008 at 13:49 in agashe, alankar, anthology, art, art of eating, art of living, arts, author, biography, blog, blogcamp, blogger

  LAST POST     In the early hours of the 22nd of September 2008, Pratap Dattatraya Joshi, breathed his last, and departed for his heavenly abode, at the Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital in Pune.   Pra...

• A LOVABLE DOBERMAN GIRL

  Posted on Saturday July 12th, 2008 at 13:41 in anthology, art of living, aundh, author, bachelor, biography, blogcamp, blogger, blogroll, Chic, chic lit, children

    cLICK THE LINK AND READ THE STORY   http://vikramkarve.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/07/sherry-karve-1.htm there is more to follow on my creative writing blog http://vikramkarve.sulekha.com Vikram Ka...

• Creative Writing - Short Fiction from Pune

  Posted on Thursday July 3rd, 2008 at 13:52 in Adventure, anthology, aundh, author, biography, blogcamp, blogger, blogroll, book, Career, Chic, chic lit

  Click the link and read my short story on my creative writing blog   http://vikramkarve.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/07/the-gift-a-love-story.htm   Vikram Karve...

• POODLE-FAKING

  Posted on Thursday May 29th, 2008 at 12:56 in art of living, aundh, author, biography, blogcamp, blogger, Career, cause, Chic, chic lit, chowpatty, Creative

  Dear Reader, please click the link below, go to my creative writing blog , and start poodle-faking   http://vikramkarve.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/05/poodlefaking.htm   Have a good day Vikram Karve...

• Mumbai Pune Deccan Queen

  Posted on Wednesday May 14th, 2008 at 07:03 in anthology, author, Creative, Dating, deccan, deemed, diat, english, fiction, girinagar, happiness, hobby

  A Mumbai Pune Deccan Queen love romance - click the link and read   http://vikramkarve.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/05/flirting-on-the-deccan-queen.htm   Happy Journey Vikram...

• Simple Happiness

  Posted on Thursday May 1st, 2008 at 13:29 in anchor, anthology, art of eating, art of living, blogroll, communication, Creative, deemed, diat, doberman, dog, drinking

  IT IS SIMPLE TO BE HAPPY by VIKRAM KARVE       The primary aim of philosophy and spirituality is to help ordinary people live a life of happiness, fulfillment and tranquility. Every day you ask ...

• The Art of Fast Food

  Posted on Wednesday March 19th, 2008 at 04:16 in anthology, apsara, art of eating, art of living, arts, author, bachelor, banaras, biography, blogcamp, Career, Chic

  Click the link and enjoy your fast food http://vikramkarve.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/03/the-art-of-fast-food.htm Happy Eating Vikram Karve...

• An Illuminating Book on Information Systems

  Posted on Sunday February 24th, 2008 at 01:37 in anthology, author, b.tech, be, bhu, bombay, book, Career, checkland, College, communication, Creative

       Title: Information, Systems and Information Systems – making sense of the fieldAuthors: Peter Checkland and Sue HowellJohn Wiley & Sons (198 ISBN 0-471-95820-4     [Reviewed by Vi...

• Girinagar

  Posted on Monday January 28th, 2008 at 03:53 in 2007, author, blogcamp, Career, College, Creative, deemed, dhayri, diat, donje, Engineering, farm

  GIRINAGAR   [Pristine Paradise in Pune]     Tell me, which is the most beautiful, most pristine, most unpolluted and most verdant place in Pune?   I’ll tell you – it’s a lovely place cal...

• A Delightful Book for Dog Lovers - Marley & Me by John Grogan - Book Review

  Posted on Tuesday December 11th, 2007 at 12:24 in 2007, anthology, art of living, aundh, author, biography, blogcamp, bombay, book, Chic, chic lit, Creative

  BOOK REVIEW MARLEY & ME Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog By John Grogan [Hodder & Stoughton, London, 2006] ISBN 0 340 92209 5 [Reviewed by Vikram Karve] The essence of this book is e...

• FORCE FIELD ANALYSIS HELPS YOU QUIT DRINKING

  Posted on Friday May 4th, 2007 at 02:55 in addiction, alcoholism, art of eating, art of living, aundh, author, biography, Creative, drinking, ethics, force field, force field analysis

          DO YOU WANT TO QUIT DRINKING?   TRY FORCE FIELD ANALYSIS.   By   VIKRAM KARVE           Many years ago, at work, I used to employ a Management Technique called Force Field Analysis...

• Overcoming Withdrawal Symptoms

  Posted on Friday May 4th, 2007 at 02:45 in addiction, art of eating, art of living, aundh, author, Creative, drinking, eating, food blog, guide, happiness, indian

          OVERCOMING WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS   [THE DAY AFTER I QUIT SMOKING]   By VIKRAM KARVE         One of the things that deters smokers from quitting decisively in one go is the f...

• HOW I QUIT SMOKING by VIKRAM KARVE

  Posted on Friday May 4th, 2007 at 02:28 in addiction, art of eating, art of living, aundh, author, biography, Creative, desires, drinking, eating, ethics, food blog

  HOW I QUIT SMOKING   by   VIKRAM KARVE           I do not remember the precise moment I started smoking. Maybe it was sometime in college, in the seventies, when egged on by my friends I had ...

• Ice Cream

  Posted on Tuesday May 1st, 2007 at 05:03 in art of eating, art of living, aundh, author, bachelor, cuisine, eating, food blog, good food, guide, indian, karve

  The Art of Eating Green Chilli Ice CreamByVikram Karve      It's been a long time since I've relished a bowl of 'green chilli ice cream' but the zestful taste still lingers on my tongue. Never befo...

• Art of Living

  Posted on Friday April 27th, 2007 at 00:47 in art of living, aundh, author, book, Career, Creative, ethics, food blog, happiness, indian, interests, joy

  THE MAP IS NOT THE TERRITORY   By   VIKRAM KARVE         'The map is not the territory!'   What does this mean?   Liehtse's famous parable of the Old Man at the Fort is perhaps apt to ill...

• Happiness

  Posted on Friday April 27th, 2007 at 00:41 in art of living, aundh, author, desires, happiness, karve, Leisure, musing, oxymoron, philosophy, poona, pune

          THE ART OF HAPPINESS By VIKRAM KARVE     The primary aim of philosophy and spirituality is to help ordinary people live a life of happiness, fulfillment and tranquility. Every day yo...

• Career Selection

  Posted on Friday April 27th, 2007 at 00:35 in art of living, aundh, author, Career, Creative, ethics, guide, happiness, indian, interests, joy, karve

  CAREER SELECTION  By  VIKRAM KARVE      One of the greatest misfortunes in life is to be good at something you don't like. You may be proficient in mathematics, but you may hate it. You may be co...

• Traveling in Pune

  Posted on Wednesday April 18th, 2007 at 23:44 in art of living, aundh, author, guide, indian, karve, Leisure, literature, memoir, mumbai, musing, oxymoron

  TRAVELLING IN PUNE byVIKRAM KARVE      The best way to travel in Pune is to go nowhere. Just sit at home, watch the travel channel on cable TV, travel in your mind's eye and enjoy yourself vicariou...

• A short story by Vikram Karve - Don't delve too much

  Posted on Wednesday March 28th, 2007 at 00:07 in alcoholism, aundh, Creative, drinking, fiction, indian, karve, Leisure, literature, lovedale, mother, ooty

  DON'T DELVE TOO MUCH (a fiction short story)  By VIKRAM KARVE                   The moment I see Muthu, the office-boy, standing at the door of the class room I feel a familiar fear...

• DO YOU WANT TO QUIT DRINKING?

  Posted on Monday March 19th, 2007 at 03:52 in addiction, alcoholism, art of living, aundh, Creative, desires, drinking, force field, force field analysis, guide, happiness, indian

      DO YOU WANT TO QUIT DRINKING?  TRY FORCE FIELD ANALYSIS.  By  VIKRAM KARVE        Many years ago, at work, I used to employ a Management Technique called Force Field Analysis in Project ...

• Potato Ice Cream

  Posted on Monday March 19th, 2007 at 03:35 in book, eating, indian, karve, Leisure, pune, vikram, vikram karve, weblog, writer

  POTATO ICE CREAM  Boil a litre of milk on a gentle fire till it thickens and becomes half of the original quantity.Boil a kilo of potatoes and after peeling them, mash them nicely and add a little wa...

• The Early Life of Sherry Karve

  Posted on Thursday March 8th, 2007 at 00:12 in art of eating, art of living, aundh, biography, Creative, doberman, dog, eating, fiction, food for thought, happiness, hobby

  MY NAME IS SHERRY (Part 1) By VIKRAM KARVE     My name is Sherry. I am a naughty young girl, I'm over seven months old and I live with my family in a lovely spacious bungalow surrounded by plent...

• Shrewsbury Biscuit from Kayani Bakery Pune

  Posted on Monday February 26th, 2007 at 23:07 in critic, cuisine, eating, good food, guide, happiness, heritage, hobby, indian, joy, karve, Leisure

  SHREWSBURY BISCUIT FROM KAYANI BAKERY (My Favourite Midnight Treat) By VIKRAM KARVE It's almost midnight and I'm sitting in glorious solitude on my favourite sofa in the living room watching a film...

• Kaleidoscope

  Posted on Monday February 26th, 2007 at 00:41 in aundh, Creative, fiction, indian, karve, Leisure, mumbai, poona, pune, Romance, short, short story

  KALEIDOSCOPE (a fiction short story) by VIKRAM KARVE It's a lazy Sunday morning and I sit languidly in my balcony reminiscing the good old days of my wonderful past, melancholically mourning the glo...

• Valentine's Day

  Posted on Tuesday February 13th, 2007 at 04:55 in aundh, Creative, fiction, happiness, indian, joy, karve, Leisure, lovedale, memoir, musing, ooty

  VALENTINE'S DAY (a fiction short story) By VIKRAM KARVE   (This happened quite a few years ago. So I can tell it to you now! And I will write here exactly as I jotted it down soon after it happened)...

• Musings

  Posted on Tuesday February 13th, 2007 at 04:19 in art of living, Creative, food for thought, happiness, joy, karve, Leisure, memoir, mumbai, musing, poona, pune

  MUSINGS BY VIKRAM KARVE ON THE ART OF LIVING My name is Vikram Karve. I'm 50 and live in Pune, India. I love reading, writing and blogging and have a philosophical attitude towards life. Here are a fe...

• Good Food in Pune

  Posted on Friday February 9th, 2007 at 05:07 in art of eating, aundh, cuisine, curry, eating, good food, guide, indian, karve, Leisure, poona, pune

  AUTHENTIC MAHARASHTRIAN FOOD AT SHREYAS IN PUNE by VIKRAM KARVE If you are a true-blue Punekar, don't read this, for I am sure you would have experienced what I am about to describe. If you are not on...

• FLASH FICTION by VIKRAM KARVE

  Posted on Friday February 9th, 2007 at 01:26 in Creative, fiction, flash, flash fiction, food for thought, happiness, indian, joy, karve, Leisure, musing, poona

  FLASH FICTION By VIKRAM KARVE She was tired, sleepy, and wanted him to stop, but he continued going on and on. He too was worn-out, nearly on the verge of losing it, but he was making excruciating eff...

• A CLEAN WELL LIGHTED PLACE

  Posted on Monday February 5th, 2007 at 02:28 in art of eating, Creative, cuisine, eating, good food, guide, hobby, indian, karve, Leisure, memoir, mumbai

  Kheema Pav, Bun Maska and Chai at Churchgate by VIKRAM KARVE When I used to live in Empress Court, opposite the Oval, near Churchgate, I would rise at dawn, as the clock on Rajabai Tower struck Six, a...

• Biryani

  Posted on Monday February 5th, 2007 at 00:24 in art of eating, colaba, Creative, critic, cuisine, curry, eating, good food, guide, indian, karve, Leisure

  MY FAVORITE PLACES FOR BIRYANI By VIKRAM KARVE When I was a small boy living in Pune in the sixties, there were only two places where I liked the Biryani: Dorabjee in Pune Camp and Good Luck at Decc...