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A LOVABLE DOBERMAN GIRL
 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...
POODLE-FAKING
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
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
IT IS SIMPLE TO BE HAPPY by VIKRAM KARVE Â Â Â 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
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...
Girinagar
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
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...
CATWOE - A Soft Systems Model for Ethical Decision Making
Please click the link and read the article on CATWOE http://vikramkarve.sulekha.com/blog/post/2007/12/catwoe.htm Vikram Karve...
FORCE FIELD ANALYSIS HELPS YOU QUIT DRINKING
    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
    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
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 ...
FLASH FICTION - ME TOO
ME TOO by  VIKRAM KARVE    The moment I saw the e-mail I did two things. First I took a print-out of the mail, kept it in my purse and deleted the mail from my mailbox. Then I called t...
Art of Living
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
    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
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
TRAVELLING IN PUNE byVIKRAM KARVEÂ Â Â 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...
Managerial Ethics - Ethical Fitness by Vikram Karve
 [An insightful model to look at various stages of moral development, ethical fitness for job roles and ethical issues faced in work situations] When recruiting new people, or promoting/appo...
DO YOU WANT TO QUIT DRINKING?
  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 ...
DOUBLE GAME
DOUBLE GAME [short story] by VIKRAM KARVE        Failures and Losers avoid school reunions. But this time I decided to go. Sucheta would be there. She had rung up from New York.Â...
The Early Life of Sherry Karve
MY NAME IS SHERRY (Part 1) By VIKRAM KARVE Â Â 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
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...
Valentine's Day
VALENTINE'S DAY (a fiction short story) By VIKRAM KARVE Â (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
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...
FLASH FICTION by VIKRAM KARVE
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
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...
LOVEDALE
LOVEDALE (a short story) by VIKRAM KARVE Lovedale. A quaint little station on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway that runs from Mettupalayam in the plains on a breathtaking journey to beautiful Ooty, the Qu...
Fast Food
MY FAVORITE FAST FOOD By VIKRAM KARVE My wife observes and indulges in (and consequently subjects me to) all types of fasts. She fasts on Mondays, Chaturthies and any occasion she wants to fast. Actua...
House Hunt
House Hunt By Vikram Karve I'm hunting for a house I'm hunting for a house House Hunting, House Hunting For a retirement home To spend the rest of my life In peace and tranquility In Pune I love to re...
Gulab Jamun
THE ART OF EATING A GULAB JAMUN by VIKRAM KARVE The art of eating comprises three cardinal steps : First you learn or come to know about good food ' you hear from someone, read somewhere, or come acr...
A Teaching Story
A Teaching Story By Vikram Karve A wise man seeking enlightenment, renounced worldly life, took a strict vow of celibacy which was a sine qua non for attaining enlightenment and headed for the hills...
