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 »
Life Process Outsourcing – LPO
September 30, 2007Just 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
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Book Review – The Importance of Living
September 18, 2007BOOK REVIEW [A book that enriched my life and taught me the art of living] Title: THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVINGAuthor: LIN YUTANGPublished: 1937 (New York, USA), Indian Edition: 1960 JAICO MumbaiISBN: 81-7224-829 There is one book you will never find in my bookcase – you will always find it by my bedside near my pillow. At night, [...]
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QUALITY TIME
July 10, 2007QUALITY 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 [...]
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