She was young and her eyes blazed with excitement and joy as she looked at me, “I’ve got a first class with distinction,” she said.“Congratulations!” I said and hugged her. I looked at her and remembe
Friday, 23rd January, 2026
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Bob’s Banter
So, here’s the thing: You’ve decided to climb Everest. You train yourself to become agile and fit, buy all the necessary paraphernalia, take a train, bus or flight and reach the base camp of Mount Everest.
Was at the funeral of a youngster, who died of a mental disorder. Many spoke at his funeral, and said how helpless they felt in trying to reach out to him, but could do nothing. “Oh yes, you did,” I said, w
With many state governments insisting that all students, whatever their marks, get admission in college, I wondered how the colleges were going to cope.The principal of the local college walked with me into one
One of the most beautiful sights of my childhood was to see little flames dancing on the compound walls of my neighbors, every Diwali: Not the colored bulbs of today, so standard and artificial, but actual litt
Most of us spend a greater part of our lives worrying about things not going right.Right? But did just worrying about a situation ever change anything?Did it make your wife start loving you, or your husband fai
It’s just been just an hour since I returned from an incredibly lovely holiday, and in my imagination, a local politician standing for the state elections walks across as I get out of the car. “How was the
Today I’m growing old, but feeling young!How often I meet people who fight the fact they are growing old.Old age is a gift. I am now, probably for the first time in my life, the person I have always wanted to
Like a ping pong ball going back and forth, arguments for and against the Chief Justice’s statements on prayer about a Supreme Court judgement have been raging throughout the country. Chief Justice Chandrachu
Most of us have a past! Some of us could have been alcoholics, or had an affair, or done something or other, which even though we’ve repented, is used by others to remind us of our guilt! A few years ago a co
“I like artists who have something to say, not wallpaper…” Yoko OnoQuite often I see people who don’t want to be noticed. It’s not that they are not noticed, it’s just that they feel that by blendin
When I was young, I grew up in a small city which is no longer a small city: Those days most of us cycled, and the muscles of our legs provided us fuel to go all over. But towards night it became imperative for
Yesterday I was invited to a party and my little granddaughter was also there.Now she’s just learnt to walk and she tottered between all the tall people in the room, and maybe to her they looked like giants.
It’s the festival season and it’s raining discounts and bargains!I looked at huge ads, they showed pictures and prices of scores of items that were going cheap. There were beard trimmers at two hundred and
“Apply yourself..” Lee IacoccaAm putting up a play for two schools, both writing and directing them, and quite enjoying myself. But what I hear constantly from many, especially my well -wishers is, “Bob,
Many years ago, I was looking for a subcontractor to do a huge job, and had zeroed on one man and called him to the site for an interview. He came two hours late, and by the time he came, I gave the contract to
The other day, while assuring my daughter not to be afraid of a particular situation because God would see her through, she replied, “I know dad, but I’m human!”I thought about it and remembered an incide
There are many of us who remember a turning point in our lives.It could have been a sentence in a book we read, or a speech we heard, or advice given by an elder or teacher in school.Very often, that turning po
Last month, while driving through England, Scotland and Ireland, we stayed at nearly eight different places, some of them economical hotels and others Airbnb’s which were homes given on rent for the period of
Even as India bade a tearful farewell to a giant of a man, let us not bid adieu to the values the Tata name so firmly established in the country. For many decades people swore by the brand name of the Tata’s.
