Showing posts with label role. Show all posts
Showing posts with label role. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

SUPER WOMAN – Story of a Multi-Faceted Multi-Tasking Modern Woman

Are you a Super Woman? 

Are you a woman who is performing multiple roles – a wife, a mother, a career woman, a friend, and so many more? 

From my Creative Writing Archives, here is a poem I wrote long back which I feel every “super  woman”  who multitasks must read, and so must every man who has a relationship with a multifaceted multitasking modern woman.

SUPER WOMAN
Story of a Multi-Faceted Multi-Tasking Modern Woman
A Poem 
By
VIKRAM KARVE
 

Super Woman, everyone said.

Super Competent, her appreciative employers said.

Super Reliable, her impressed clients said.

Super Talented, her professional peers said.

Super Boss, her devoted subordinates said.

Super Bitch, her jealous frustrated loser colleagues said.

Super Shrewd, her business rivals said.

Super Fit, her fitness freak buddies at her gym said.

Super Sexy, her admirers said.

Super Lover, her lovers said.

Super Achiever, her teachers and professors said.

Super Parent, her children’s teachers said.

Super Friend, all her acquaintances said.

Super Daughter, her parents and in-laws said.

Super Wife, her husband said.

Super Mom, her children said 

(But secretly her children wished that their mother stayed home like their grandmother, who was always there for them)


VIKRAM KARVE
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Thursday, April 25, 2013

A DONKEY SHOULD NOT ACT LIKE A TIGER


A DONKEY SHOULD NOT ACT LIKE A TIGER
Ancient Wisdom
A Teaching Story
By
VIKRAM KARVE 

Here is a story from the Panchatantra:

There once lived, in a small village, a poor dhobi (washerman). 

The dhobi had a donkey to carry heaps of clothes for washing to the ghat (riverbank) and back. 

Since the poor dhobi could not afford to properly feed his donkey every day, the donkey started to become weak and could not carry his load properly.


One day, the dhobi found the dead body of a tiger while he was collecting wood from the forest. 

The dhobi was very happy and thought, “I am lucky. I can skin the dead tiger and cover my donkey with the tiger’s skin and drive it into wheat farms where he will have plenty to graze. Once my donkey is covered with tiger skin, everyone will think that my donkey is a tiger. Thinking that he is a tiger, people will get scared and keep away from him. This way, my donkey will have plenty of food.” 

He acted on his plan. 


The dhobi would cover his donkey with tiger’s skin every evening.

Then, after dark, the donkey would go to the wheat farms every night.

Thye donkey would graze to his heart’s content till his stomach was full and return to his master’s house early in the morning. 

The hapless farmers watched helplessly as they were scared of confronting the “tiger”, especially after dark, in the eerie darkness in the night.

This went on for sometime. 

Soon the donkey became so strong and sturdy that he carried heavy loads effortlessly and the dhobi was very happy. 

One night, the dhobi’s donkey (in tiger’s skin) was happily grazing at the wheat farms. 

Suddenly the donkey heard the voice of a female donkey. It was a donkey mating call.


The donkey was so excited on hearing the mating call of a female donkey that he began to respond to it in ecstasy, braying loudly at full pitch.

The astounded farmers ran out of their huts and watched in amazement as they heard the “tiger” braying like a donkey instead of roaring like a tiger. 

Soon the truth dawned on them. 


This was no tiger. 

This creature was a donkey wearing a tiger’s skin who had been grazing merrily in their wheat farms and eating up their valuable crop.

The farmers decided to take revenge and teach this “tiger” a lesson.

So all the farmers attacked the dhobi’s donkey.


They severely beat the hapless donkey in tiger’s skin with sticks.

Soon the dhobi’s donkey collapsed in pain. 

His head was smashed and his bones were broken. 

A few hours later, the donkey died of his injuries.

Moral of the Story:

A Donkey Should Not Act Like a Tiger. Do not pretend to be what you are not. Be Yourself. If you are a donkey then behave like a donkey.


VIKRAM KARVE
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About Vikram Karve

A creative person with a zest for life, Vikram Karve is a retired Naval Officer turned full time writer and blogger. Educated at IIT Delhi, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, The Lawrence School Lovedale and Bishops School Pune, Vikram has published two books: COCKTAIL a collection of fiction short stories about relationships (2011) and APPETITE FOR A STROLL a book of Foodie Adventures (2008) and is currently working on his novel and a book of vignettes and an anthology of short fiction. An avid blogger, he has written a number of fiction short stories and creative non-fiction articles on a variety of topics including food, travel, philosophy, academics, technology, management, health, pet parenting, teaching stories and self help in magazines and published a large number of professional  and academic research papers in journals and edited in-house journals and magazines for many years, before the advent of blogging. Vikram has taught at a University as a Professor for 15 years and now teaches as a visiting faculty and devotes most of his time to creative writing and blogging. Vikram Karve lives in Pune India with his family and muse - his pet dog Sherry with whom he takes long walks thinking creative thoughts.

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Thursday, November 25, 2010

THE STORY OF A SUPER WOMAN AND SUPER MOM

THE STORY OF A SUPER WOMAN AND SUPER MOM 
By
VIKRAM KARVE  

SUPER WOMAN SUPER MOM

Super Woman, everyone said.

Super Competent, her appreciative employers said.

Super Reliable, her impressed clients said.

Super Talented, her professional peers said.

Super Boss, her devoted subordinates said.

Super Bitch, her jealous frustrated passed over colleagues said.

Super Shrewd, her business rivals said.

Super Fit, her fitness freak buddies at her gym said.

Super Sexy, her admirers said.

Super Lover, her lovers said.

Super Achiever, her teachers and professors said.

Super Parent, her children’s teachers said.

Super Friend, all her acquaintances said.

Super Daughter, her parents and in-laws said.

Super Wife, her husband said.

Super Mom, her children said, but secretly they wished she stayed home like their granny who was always there for them.

VIKRAM KARVE
Copyright © Vikram Karve 2010
Vikram Karve has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the author of this work.
© vikram karve., all rights reserved. 

VIKRAM KARVE educated at IIT Delhi, ITBHU, Lawrence School Lovedale, and Bishop's School Pune, is an Electronics and Communications Engineer by profession, a Human Resource Manager and Trainer by occupation, a Teacher by vocation, a Creative Writer by inclination and a Foodie by passion. An avid blogger, he has written a number of fiction short stories and creative non-fiction articles in magazines and journals for many years before the advent of blogging. His delicious foodie blogs have been compiled in a book "Appetite for a Stroll". Vikram lives in Pune with his family and pet Doberman girl Sherry, with whom he takes long walks thinking creative thoughts.

Vikram Karve Creative Writing Blog
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Academic Journal Vikram Karve
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- http://www.linkedin.com/in/karve
Email:
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Foodie Book: Appetite for a Stroll
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