Book Review
Swami Rama: Selected Poems
An Insight on Life Enlightened
Compiled & Translated by Shakuntala Bodas
Published New Delhi 2007
My indefatigable aunt Shakuntala Bodas, an ardent and committed devotee of Swami Rama, has authored a number of books in English, Hindi and Marathi on the life and his teachings of Swami Rama.
Of all her books, my favourite [...]
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An Insight on Life Enlightened – Book Review
December 10, 2008Posted in art, art of living, author, bibliotherapy, biography, blog, book, book review blog, books, education, guide, happiness, india, karve, life, literary blog, literature, living, love, maharashtra, memoir, philosophy, prescription, principle, pune, review, spiritual, story, teaching, values, vikram karve, weblog, writer, writing | Tags: author, bodas, book, happiness, haridwar, india, indology, karve, life, love, poem, poetry, pune, rama, review, shakuntala, spirituality, swami, vikram, vikram karve, writing | Leave a Comment »
Embedded System Design
December 10, 2008Book: Embedded System Design – A Unified Hardware / Software Introduction
Authors: Frank Vahid, Tony Givargis
Publication: John Wiley and Sons (Asia) Pte Ltd, Singapore, 2002
ISBN 9971-51-405-2
Pages: 324.
[Reviewed by Prachi A. Deshmukh]
Once, there was a conversation going on between three ladies. They were discussing on something very seriously. Each of [...]
Posted in author, blog, book, book review blog, books, business, education, guide, india, karve, maharashtra, management, principle, pune, review, study, teaching, university, vikram karve, weblog, writer, writing | Tags: book, circuit, deemed, design, diat, digital, dsp, electronics, embedded, engineering, faculty, ic, IIT, information, integrated, library, management, micro, processing, processor, pune, research, review, signal, study, system, systems, technology, text, university, vlsi | Leave a Comment »
NANO The Essentials
December 9, 2008In his insightful memoirs, War As I Knew It, General George S. Patton, one of history’s most charismatic, famous and successful generals, gifted us an priceless gem of his human resource management wisdom: “Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity”.
Ever since I [...]
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My Food Adventures
December 9, 2008APPETITE FOR A STROLL
[Foodie Adventures, Simple Recipes, Musings on The Art of Eating and Vikram Karve’s Authentic Guide to Value For Money Food in Mumbai and Pune]
By
VIKRAM KARVE
Please click the link and read the review of Appetite for a Stroll titled Food for Soul in the Indian Express [Pune] Sunday 7th September 2008
http://www.indianexpress.com/story/358363.html
expressonline book review
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Food-for-soul/358363/#
If [...]
Posted in Blogroll, art, art of living, author, banaras, bhu, bibliotherapy, biography, blog, book, book review blog, books, business, eating, education, food, guide, happiness, heritage, history, humor, india, karve, leadership, life, literary blog, literature, living, love, maharashtra, management, memoir, mumbai, oxymoron, philosophy, poona, prescription, principle, pune, review, spiritual, story, study, teaching, university, values, varanasi, vikram karve, weblog, women, writer, writing | Tags: appetite, art, aundh, author, biryani, blog, book, creative, cuisine, diat, dining, eating, faculty, food, foodie, guide, home, hotel, india, indian, life, living, love, maharashtra, maharashtrian, meal, mumbai, paper, pune, recipe, restaurant, review, stall, story, street, stroll, sweet, tandoori, thali, travel, university, vikram, vikram karve, weblog, writing | Leave a Comment »
EMC for Product Designers – Book Review
December 9, 2008A Comprehensive Reference Book for IT, Electronic, Telecom and Electrical Engineering and Design Professionals
Title: EMC for Product Designers
Author: Tim Williams
Elsevier [Fourth Edition, 2007] 498 pages
ISBN – 13: 978-0-75-068170-4
ISBN – 10: 0-750-68170-5
Most of us consider a number of factors, exoteric and esoteric, while designing [or selecting] our homes and in the configuration of the numerous [...]
Posted in author, bhu, bibliotherapy, blog, book, book review blog, books, education, guide, history, india, karve, life, maharashtra, management, poona, prescription, principle, pune, review, story, study, teaching, university, varanasi, vikram karve, weblog, writer, writing | Tags: author, bioelectromagnetics, biological, book, cell, communication, computer, course, deemed, design, diat, education, electrical, electro, electromagnetic, electronic, electropollution, EMC, emf, EMI, emr, engineering, faculty, feng, field, girinagar, graduate, hazard, india, industry, information, institute, it, karve, lab, learn, library, literature, maharashtra, management, microwave, oven, paper, pollution, poona, post, product, professor, program, prospectus, pune, quality, radiation, research, review, school, science, shastra, shui, standard, study, system, technical, technology, telecom, test, training, tv, university, vastu, vikram, vikram karve, waman, writing | Leave a Comment »
An Enchanting Book for Dog Lovers
December 11, 2007BOOK REVIEW
MARLEY & ME
Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog
By
John Grogan
[Hodder & Stoughton, London, 2006]
ISBN 0 340 92209 5
[Reviewed by Vikram Karve]
The essence of this book is encapsulated in the ruminations of the author after he buried his beloved dog Marley: “Was it possible for a dog – any dog, but especially a nutty, [...]
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A Delightful Book for Dog Lovers – Marley & Me – Book Review
December 11, 2007Click the link or read the review posted below the link
http://vikramkarve.sulekha.com/blog/post/2007/12/marley-amp-me-life-and-love-with-the-world-s-worst.htm
BOOK REVIEW MARLEY & MELife and Love with the World’s Worst Dog By John Grogan [Hodder & Stoughton, London, 2006]ISBN 0 340 92209 5
[Reviewed by Vikram Karve]
The essence of this book is encapsulated in the ruminations of the author after he buried his beloved dog Marley: “Was it possible [...]
Posted in 2007, Blogroll, art of living, author, bibliotherapy, biography, blog, book, book review blog, books, education, guide, happiness, humor, india, karve, leadership, life, literary blog, literature, living, love, maharashtra, management, memoir, mumbai, oxymoron, philosophy, poona, prescription, principle, pune, review, story, study, teaching, time, values, vikram karve, weblog, women, writer, writing | Tags: anthology, aundh, bombay, book, children, creative, doberman, dog, dogs, family, grogan, india, john, karve, kennel, labrador, learn, life, love, lover, maharashtra, marley, pack, paws, pet, play, poona, pune, pup, puppy, retriever, review, sherry, stories, story, train, trainer, vikram, vikram karve, waman, writing | Leave a Comment »
Baramati
December 3, 2007BARAMATI
By
VIKRAM WAMAN KARVE
Baramati. My birthplace. Baramati – half a decade ago, the then dusty mofussil town in the back of beyond, where I was born on the 12th of September in 1956, which has now metamorphosed into a vibrant oasis of agriculture, education and industry.
We visited Baramati on Saturday, the 1st of December 2007 – [...]
Posted in 2007, art, author, banaras, bhu, biography, blog, book, business, education, guide, heritage, history, humor, india, karve, literature, love, maharashtra, management, memoir, philosophy, poona, pune, review, story, study, teaching, university, values, varanasi, vikram karve, weblog, women, writer, writing, yutang | Tags: baramati, blog, college, education, engineering, india, indian, karve, maharashtra, mumbai, pratishthan, pune, technical, training, travel, vidya, vidyanagari, vikram, waman | 1 Comment »
Symbiosis Biography of an Idea
November 24, 2007
Book Review Symbiosis: Biography of an IdeaBy Dr. S.B. Mujumdar[Macmillan India 2007]ISBN: 9780230633681
Symbiosis is a landmark institution of Pune. That’s why when I saw this book while browsing at the Crossword Bookstore I instantly picked it up and started reading it. As I read, I found the book so engrossing that I could put it down [...]
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PUNE Queen of the Deccan
October 7, 2007Pune is the most happening city in Western India.
Are you from Pune, a true blue Punekar? Or do you want to know more about Pune and its glorious heritage, history and past?
I recently came across a very informative book on Pune – why don’t you click the link below and read about it
http://vikramkarve.sulekha.com/blog/post/2007/10/pune-queen-of-the-deccan.htm
And do send [...]
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