_____________ THE “CLEAN” MARRIAGE Fiction Short Story by Vikram Karve _____________ _____________ THE “CLEAN” MARRIAGE Story by Vikram Karve ____________ PART 1 ____________ circa 2004 Café Samovar — Mumbai ____________ “I want a “clean” marriage…” she says. “Clean Marriage…?” he asks her, confused. “A marriage without an “intimate” relationship…” the…

__________ ________ THE WILL Short Fiction “Slice of Life” Story By Vikram Karve _________ THE WILL _________ “I am fed up with my father-in-law…” Meera says to me. “Come on, Meera. It’s not the poor old man’s fault that he had a heart attack…” I say. “It’s not that…” Meera…

_________ _________ 21 DAYS Story from My Curzon Road Apartments Days By VIKRAM KARVE ______ This story happened 41 years ago in the year 1982 So — Dear Reader — please transport yourself 41 years back in time to the early 1980’s — when many of the things you take…

_________ _____ LOVE IN LOCKDOWN ______ A LOCKDOWN LOVE STORY Short Fiction By VIKRAM KARVE ______ PART 1 ______ LOVE IN LOCKDOWN ______ I was thrilled. My father was getting married. And — we were going to Switzerland. ______ It all happened during the COVID Lockdown. My father and this…

_________ _________ EYEBROWS Romance Story By Vikram Karve _________ EYEBROWS PART 1 My Boss’s Wife _________ MY BOSS’S WIFE _________ She was really beautiful — incredibly alluring — so captivating — that — I could not take my eyes off her. Yes — Dear Reader — she was an exquisite…

________ ________ FLIRTY BANTER Romance Story By Vikram Karve __________ Mussoorie — circa 2004 __________ It is late and the bar at the Savoy in Mussoorie is almost empty. A couple — a man and a woman — probably in their 30’s — they sit together on a sofa —…

__________ __________ PREFACE _________ We keep hearing about old military veterans and war widows being made to run from pillar to post for their pension and rightful dues — and — some of these stories are quite tragic — due to inordinate delays. There are many such instances reported on…

__________ __________ This morning — at a Literary Festival — I had the good fortune of meeting an Army Veteran from the Sappers (Corps of Engineers). I asked him if he was a “Dapodi Engineer”. The Sapper Veteran looked nonplussed and wanted to know what was a “Dapodi Engineer”. I…

__________ “WAVY” NAVY ROMANCE By VIKRAM KARVE __________ __________ “FRIVOLOUS” STORIES FROM MY NAVY DAYS __________ A civilian “girlfriend” once commented on my Navy “Memoirs” — which I write in my Blogs from time to time. __________ The civilian “girlfriend” said to me in a rather sardonic voice: “Whenever I…