Mumbai is a crowded city.We crowd into trains, buses, lifts, markets, offices, restaurants and occasionally into spaces where even oxygen has to stand sideways.Our housing societies are no different. Cars compe
Thursday, 17th September, 2026
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Bob’s Banter
I just read a piece of news that the Gujarat Police have uncovered a network involving more than five hundred thousand fake Gmail accounts.Great job, Gujarat Police!Half a million fake accounts is no small achi
It was the cutest bear that ambled past that afternoon, in the same place where I always sat with my morning coffee at my daughters holiday home in the Poconos mountains.She screamed while I simply watched.What
A few days ago marked the twenty fifth anniversary of the crashing down of the twin towers of New Yorks World Trade Center.I remember walking up to the viewing gallery with my father twelve years before they fe
I cannot carry this anymore, Bob, said a reader who phoned me.Her voice sounded tired. Not the tiredness that disappears after eight hours of sleep, but the tiredness that enters the heart and quietly unpacks i
At a conference in Cochin, a Sunni cleric reportedly declared that their religious texts teach women to remain inside their homes, and that bringing them into public spaces could cause great destruction.I looke
Seven people were killed when a hostel building collapsed in Delhi. According to reports, a load bearing wall had allegedly been removed while four additional floors were being constructed.Having been closely c
Our Prime Minister recently at a college gathering where he had been invited to speak, compared those who constantly question his government to naraaz fufas, the permanently upset uncles at a family gathering.I
I read with a shudder that Maharashtra is allowing homeopaths who complete a one year course in modern pharmacology to prescribe certain allopathic medicines.What an extraordinary shortcut!Perhaps tomorr
The other day, a gentleman stared suspiciously at my spectacles. Bob, are you wearing smart glasses?No, I replied.Thank goodness, he whispered. Then I had better say whatever I want before you buy a pair.I laug
I watched politicians and activists gathering around the tiny Christian community in India, offering sympathy, support and some splendid speeches.We are with you, they declared.I smiled, because politicians who
Hey, whispered the white bearded village chief to his bald deputy as they stood at the edge of their village, do you think my fifty-six-inch chest is growing smaller?The bald deputy stared carefully at his lead
Had dinner with a top corporate leader of a multinational company in New York last night, and during our conversation I asked him a question that I thought would make me feel proud.Why are you not investing in
As a youngster, I loved wandering into religious groups and debating with their leaders.I was not always searching for the truth. Quite often, I was searching for an audience.One day, after I had delivered what
I am in New York at the moment, and so is RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat.Mr Bhagwat stood before an American audience and spoke beautifully about unity through diversity. He declared that different religions may follo
The British are coming back! The British are coming back!The frightened cry travels through villages, election meetings and television studios.Where are they? asks an alarmed citizen. Have their ships entered M
Why should anybody be frightened of Christians? We are barely 2.3 percent of Indias population. We do not have the numbers to dominate elections. We do not have armies marching behind us. Most of our institutio
As I travel all over the world, something that those abroad associate me as an Indian with, is with peace and Gandhiji. Its certainly a wonderful association, but I wonder whether the people at home are bent on
Dolly Parton died yesterday at the age of eighty, and I imagine heaven had a small problem receiving her.Name? asked the angel at the gate.Dolly Parton.Occupation?I sang a little.A little? asked the angel, look
Your suitcase is overweight, said my wife as we prepared to leave the Poconos.Impossible, I said. I have hardly bought anything.She looked at the gifts, books, clothes and assorted objects that had mysteriously
