_____________ Dear Reader, Are you married…? If so — do you remember how you got married…? Do tell us your story. Meanwhile — here is the story of how I got married. You may have read the story before — but that doesn’t matter — you will enjoy reading it…

________ ________ VALUE OF KNOWLEDGE Teaching Story Re-Told By VIKRAM KARVE ______ I love teaching — and — I got plenty of opportunity to train and teach during my Navy days and thereafter. ______ I have encountered two types of students: 1. Students interested in learning (knowledge oriented students) and …

_________ _________ CHILLED BEER Short Fiction Story A Sizzling Romance By VIKRAM KARVE ___________ From my Creative Writing Archives: Let me delve into my creative writing archives and pull out for you one of my earliest Short Fiction Stories — CHILLED BEER — a Murder Mystery — and post it…

_________ _________ SECRET SORROW versus PUBLIC SHAME STORY BY VIKRAM KARVE _____________ 23 years ago — in the year 2000 — during an evening walk in Mumbai — I saw a very sad scene. That night — I wrote this story. This story was translated into Marathi and featured in…

___________ ___________ TASTE MANTRA Do you want to cook tasty food…? Here is a simple “Taste Mantra”… ____________ HOW TO COOK TASTY FOOD Foodie Musings By Vikram Karve ____________ PROLOGUE ____________ Normally — we like to cook our food ourselves and avoid employing a cook. However — around 35 years…

________ My humble “tribute” to Military/Navy Dentists aka “Toothies” — “Dentists” in Uniform ________ ________ Humor in Uniform “Toothies” ________ Disclaimer (“Trigger Warning”) ________ THIS IS A SPOOF. READ THIS STORY ONLY IF YOU HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR. DO NOT READ IF YOU DON’T HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR. …

________ SHORT FICTION ________ ________ PARENTING Story By Vikram Karve ________ PART 1 _______ She comes out of the College Principal’s Office — she goes to her best friend’s room — and — she tells her friend the exciting news. “It’s a chance of a lifetime — don’t refuse…” her…

__________ HOW TO “CURE” WORRY Self-Help Tips By Vikram Karve __________ WORRY ANGER STRESS ________ When I was young — I had three shortcomings: _______ 1. Worry 2. Anger 3. Stress _______ Of these three — I have managed to mitigate only one — Worry. _______ Yes — I worry…

_________ SHORT FICTION by VIKRAM KARVE _________ _________ THE GIRL WHO WAS “OUT OF MY LEAGUE” Story By Vikram Karve __________ circa 2017 __________ THE REUNION __________ I did not want to attend the reunion. “Failures” avoid reunions. And — I was the biggest “failure” in our class — the…