Lovedale – a short story

LOVEDALE   (a short story)   by   VIKRAM KARVE                 Lovedale. A quaint little station on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway that runs from Mettupalayam in the plains on a breathtaking journey to beautiful Ooty, the Queen of Hill Stations. On Lovedale station there is just one small [...]

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 [...]

Lovedale

LOVEDALE   (a short story)   by   VIKRAM KARVE                 Lovedale. A quaint little station on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway that runs from Mettupalayam in the plains on a breathtaking journey to beautiful Ooty, the Queen of Hill Stations. On Lovedale station there is just one small [...]

MYSORE CHASE

THE CHASE   (a fiction short story)   by  VIKRAM KARVE                                The Mysore race-course is undoubtedly the most picturesque race-course in India. The lush green grass track, the verdant expanse right up to the foot of the rugged Chamundi hills which serve as a magnificent backdrop with the mighty temple [...]

Lal Tibba

                  LAL TIBBA               [a short story]               By              VIKRAM KARVE                  “Excuse me, Sir,” said a feminine voice, “Do you have change for twenty rupees? Even two tens will do.”              I put down the bunch of grapes which I was examining and looked up. She [...]

DECCAN QUEEN

DECCAN QUEEN    (a short story)    by    VIKRAM KARVE        Have you ever seen a strapping young man reading a Mills & Boon Romance? And that too in the Deccan Queen. So Blatantly? In front of so many people?     I did. Just today evening [I can already hear my English Teacher [...]

Lovedale

LOVEDALE   (a short story)   by   VIKRAM KARVE                 Lovedale. A quaint little station on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway that runs from Mettupalayam in the plains on a breathtaking journey to beautiful Ooty, the Queen of Hill Stations. On Lovedale station there is just one small [...]

FLASH FICTION – TAIL CHASE by VIKRAM KARVE

TAIL CHASE [Flash Fiction] by VIKRAM KARVE        “Wake up, I’m sending you on a mission,” my father said, shaking me off my bed.   “ Mission!” I jumped out of bed and got ready in a jiffy.   My father is a detective and, once in a while, he sends me on [...]

A short story by Vikram Karve – The Right Choice

A TRAIN JOURNEY  (a fiction short story)  By  VIKRAM KARVE                  No matter how many times I begin a train journey; there is always an intriguing interest in seeing who one’s fellow-passengers area. I scanned the reservation chart pasted on the air conditioned chair-car of the Indrayani Express. I was on seat number [...]