THE DAY AFTER I QUIT SMOKING By VIKRAM KARVE One of the things that deters smokers from quitting decisively in one go is the fear of withdrawal symptoms. This results in smokers resorting to half-baked remedies like gradual reduction, nicotine patches, low tar cigarettes and various other futile therapies. In my opinion this exaggerated importance [...]
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The Day After I Quit Smoking
January 18, 2008Posted in aundh, author, bachelor, benco, bhu, blog, blogger, blogging, Blogroll, blogs, bpo, career, children, creative, family, happiness, humor, iim, iit, india, indian, itbhu, jee, karve, life, literary, love, lovedale, lpo, mumbai, mussoorie, office, oxymoron, poona, process, pune, quality, race, romance, sangvi, school, science, short, stories, story, sulekha, teaching, trap, values, vikram, vikram karve, vikram waman karve, weblog, website, writer, writing, writing blog | Tags: alcoholism, anthology, author, blog, churchgate, deemed, diat, drive, fiction, fitness, girinagar, health, iat, india, indian, karve, khadakvasla, literature, love, marine, mumbai, novel, oval, parenting, poona, pune, quit, romance, short, sinhagarh, smoking, story, symptom, university, vikram, vikram karve, walk, withdrawal, writing | 5 Comments »
IIT JEE – an unfinished story
May 17, 2007IIT JEE [An unfinished story] by VIKRAM KARVE Sunday. The 8th of April 2007. The date of the IIT-JEE. IIT-JEE. You know what it is, don’t you? You don’t? I’m surprised! Maybe you are an “Arts” type, or on your own trip! Okay, I’ll tell you. IIT-JEE is the Joint Entrance Examination for entrance to the Indian [...]
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