MIXED FRIED RICE AND AMERICAN CHOPSUEY MY FAVOURITE “CHINESE” FOOD FOOD MEMORIES By VIKRAM KARVE __________ A few years ago — my son wanted to take me out for lunch. “I want to eat Mixed Fried Rice and American Chopsuey…” I said. So — we ate Mixed Fried Rice and…

_______ MILITARY SOCIAL ETIQUETTE : “CALLS” Musings of a Veteran by Vikram Karve ________ ________ SERVICE SOCIAL ETIQUETTE — TYPES OF “CALLS” ________ In the Navy (and probably in the Army and Air Force as well) — there exists a custom of “calling on” — a custom which every officer…

_________ This is an updated version my article How to Build Trust and Reduce Trust Deficit written by me 30 years ago in the early 1990s for a print journal. The article has been suitably edited for easy reading on the digital screen. _________ TRUST DEFICIT _________ “Old Fogies” like…

__________ RUM AND THE NAVY A “Rum Tale” by Vikram Karve __________ If you like Rum — you must thank the Navy. It is the Navy which introduced Rum throughout the world. Here is a short history of Rum. __________ __________ BLACK TOT DAY _________ Every year — July 31…

______ STORY FROM MY DOCKYARD DAYS ______ Dear Reader: You must have heard of the movie “Hatari”. But — have you heard of the term “Gatari”…? ______ This story happened many years ago during my Naval Dockyard Mumbai days. ______ “GATARI” Story from My Dockyard Days By VIKRAM KARVE ______ …

_____________ THE GIRL AT LAKE TEKAPO Story By Vikram Karve _____________ PROLOGUE _____________ “SPOILED BRAT” _____________ The term “spoiled brat” is used to describe a child who is overindulged by their parents. And — as a consequence of the over-pampering and mollycoddling — the “spoiled brat” becomes lazy, slothful, egocentric…

_____ MUSINGS OF A VETERAN _____ “Eleventh Hour” (11th Hour) Musings of a Veteran By VIKRAM KARVE _____ “ELEVENTH HOUR” _____ Dear Reader — you must have heard the idiom — “at the eleventh hour” — which means — “at the last possible moment”. When you do something at the…

___________ THE “IDEAL” WRITER Musings on Writing By VIKRAM KARVE ___________ During my student days I spent a lot of time in libraries as I loved to read, and from time to time, if I found something interesting, especially a quote or a aphorism or a proverb or anything that…

__________ HATARI The Evergreen Wildlife Classic Film Movie Memories By VIKRAM KARVE ________ When I was a small boy — in the early 1960’s — I lived in Pune on Tilak Road near Madiwale Colony in Sadashiv Peth. (Pune was known as Poona at that time — and — I…