Academic and Creative Writing Journal Vikram Karve: HOW TO KEEP A PROMISE

HOW TO KEEP A PROMISE
A Mulla Nasrudin Story
retold by
VIKRAM KARVE

Mulla Nasrudin was undertaking a journey on the high seas on board a small ship.

A great thunderstorm arose, causing high waves, mighty winds and incessant rain, and it appeared that there seemed to be no ( Read more... )

Academic and Creative Writing Journal Vikram Karve: FRIENDSHIP

FRIENDSHIP
A Philosophical Approach
By
VIKRAM KARVE

I invest in books. Just like some other investments, where one invests and forgets about it for years, sometimes I buy a book and may not read it for years.

Whenever I buy a book, I always write the date and place of purchase. This ( Read more... )

Academic and Creative Writing Journal Vikram Karve: KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT A Mulla Nasrudin Story

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT A Mulla Nasrudin Story

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
Who Knows?
A Mulla Nasrudin Story
Retold By
VIKRAM KARVE

One day the village teacher told Mulla Nasrudin that he had decided to travel across the world to seek additional knowledge.

When ( Read more... )

Academic and Creative Writing Journal Vikram Karve: EGO AMBITION CREATIVITY

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

An Egoistic Person lives in the Past

An Ambitious Person lives in the Future

A Creative Person lives in the Present

a HISS and a BITE

THE SNAKE AND THE SAINT
A Teaching Story
By
VIKRAM KARVE

This morning, during my early morning walk in the dense verdant lush green hills of Girinagar, I saw a magnificent snake, a beautiful cobra, sliding majestically across the path in front of me and I remembered one of my favourite stories from the parables of Sri ( Read more... )

THE ELUSIVE KEY My Favourite Mulla Nasrudin Story
By
VIKRAM KARVE

Someone asked me to choose my favourite Mulla Nasrudin story…well here it is…The Key...

A man is walking home late one night when he sees an anxious Mulla Nasrudin down on all fours, crawling on his hands and knees on the road, searching frantically under a street ( Read more... )

THE SECRET OF INNER PEACE

THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING

A Happy and Carefree Philosophy of Life

By

VIKRAM KARVE

There is one book you will never find in my bookcase - you will always find it by my bedside near my pillow. At night, just before I go to sleep, I open this book to any random page, and read on till I drift off to blissful idyllic sleep.

The name ( Read more... )

INSIDE and OUTSIDE

A Story

By

VIKRAM KARVE

Here is an apocryphal story I heard once:

A certain man made an appointment to see a counsellor.

He arrived at the psychotherapist’s office and said to him, “Sir, please help me. I always feel depressed. No matter what I do I still feel depressed. I just don't know what to do.”

The ( Read more... )

BOOK REVIEW by Vikram Waman Karve

[A book that enriched my life and taught me the art of living]

Title: THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING

Author: LIN YUTANG

Published: 1937 ( New York , USA ), Indian Edition: 1960 JAICO Mumbai

ISBN: 81-7224-829

THE FEAST OF LIFE

[The Importance of Living]

By

VIKRAM KARVE

There is one book you will never find in ( Read more... )