VOLATILE MARRIAGE AMICABLE DIVORCE

VOLATILE MARRIAGE AMICABLE DIVORCE Fiction Short Story By VIKRAM KARVE A cell-phone rings at 9 o’clock in the morning in an apartment in Pune. The husband picks up, pauses for a moment as if hearing something, and says, “Don’t worry, I’ll be there on time,” and then he switches off the mobile phone and keeps it [...]

DATING and MATING

I go home early, shower, deodorize, groom, titivate, put on my best shirt and wait in eager anticipation for this mysterious woman…

A Mumbai Story

Click the link below to read a Mumbai story   http://vikramkarve.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/05/a-lazy-hot-afternoon-in-mumbai-a-leisurely-story.htm   All the Best vikram Karve

The Day After I Quit Smoking

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 [...]

THE AFFAIR by VIKRAM KARVE

Click the link below and read a fiction short story THE AFFAIR by Vikram Karve http://vikramkarve.sulekha.com/blog/post/2007/09/the-affair.htm If you like it do read my fiction on my creative writing blog http://vikramkarve.sulekha.com Regards Vikram Karve

Life Process Outsourcing – LPO

Just click on the link below and read my story on LPO – Life Process Outsourcing: http://vikramkarve.sulekha.com/blog/post/2007/09/life-process-outsourcing-pure-fiction.htm Do read all my creative writing on my sulekha creative writing blog: http://vikramkarve.sulekha.com Regards Vikram Karve

QUALITY TIME

QUALITY TIME (A fictional short “love” story)   by   VIKRAM KARVE         At exactly 8 PM her cell-phone rings in her hand. She’s expecting the call – that’s why she’s holding the cell-phone in her hand. She looks at the caller-id, accepts the call, moves the mobile phone near her ear [...]

Freedom

FREEDOM   By   VIKRAM KARVE                         Anonymity. That’s what I like about Mumbai. As I lose myself in the sea of humanity leaving Churchgate station in the morning rush hour, I experience a refreshing sense of solitude. I notice that I am walking fast, in step with the crowd, as [...]

LPO – Life Process Outsourcing – a short story by Vikram Karve

LPO [LIFE PROCESS OUTSOURCING]   by   VIKRAM KARVE               One leisurely morning, while I am loafing on Main Street, in Pune, I meet an old friend of mine.       “Hi!” I say.       “Hi,” he says, “where to?”       “Aimless loitering,” I [...]

THE WALLFLOWER

THE WALLFLOWER   By  VIKRAM KARVE    [PART – 1]                  “I don’t want to marry Manisha,” I told my mother.               My mother looked as if she had been pole-axed. Suddenly there was a metamorphosis in her expression – a distant look across my shoulder followed by a smile of forced geniality.   [...]