...The compassion that you see in the kindhearted is Gods compassion: he has given it to them to protect the helples... Sri RamakrishnaMaybe, as the world gets divided in its views on both the Israeli war and t
Friday, 13th March, 2026
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Bob’s Banter
Many decades ago while in my teens I loved taking the double- decker bus from the city, run up the stairs to the upper deck, rush to the front seat, and enjoy a glorious ride to the Mumbai suburbs. As night set
Most of the nastiest fights take place not on battlefields or war zones, but within a bedroom. Fights, which are mainly words, and Im not going to talk about fist fights or slaps or blows because perpetrators o
After yesterday's column on the Gift of Boredom, I decided to delve a little more on the benefits of being bored:Enhanced creativity: Boredom can force your mind to wander and explore new ideas. When youre not
Tomorrow Ill be addressing teachers and my talk is on Fostering Creativity and Imagination, Whats a gift we all have received but we most dislike? Im going to ask, and then will tell them, its the gift of bored
While walking in the park a few years ago I passed an elderly gentleman, a friend of mine, who seemed to be walking a tad slowly and pensively, A penny for your thoughts? I asked.I think Im getting old! he said
Twas just this morning I opened the paper and found a pretty model showing her dainty self on a dozen different beds. Bewitching, she looked beckoning newspaper readers to glance at different rooms of a hotel s
Once while dripping down the highway I thought, What a drive!As I drove I noticed tire marks that crisscrossed the road. Burst tires! I realized. Tires of motorists who had not checked their air pressure before
While others play badminton, watch Netflix, or read a book for timepass; a term I find quite cute, Im caught very often watching steam engine videos.I believe there is no ferocious, powerful, robust, beast, lik
One day while sitting on the bench on the platform of a station, I saw the railways had put up a signboard picturing two ghosts talking to each other, with one saying in bold letters, I CROSSED ONLY ONCE!That g
…Enthusiasm makes ordinary people extraordinary… … Bruce BartonA man had died and the whole city mourned his death. At a club everybody discussed his life and also reminded each other of one characteristi
It was a jaded old man called Donald, spewing the same mouthfuls of hate and anger against immigrants and foreigners, Id heard during his tenure as the President. Hed divided the country with his rhetoric on bu
A few years ago I was invited to a prestigious business group.They wanted me to give them a presentation about the small advertising company I owned. I did and a few days later got a call saying theyd decided t
Yesterday I had written on pressing the pause button, but how do we press pause? How do we cultivate the habit of stillness?According to Karin Lawson, a psychologist, you can even cultivate stillness while walk-
Its been nearly a year since I walked into a plane to Goa, sat next to someone who was busy on her laptop, and then heard her say, We both are speakers for the same event you know!Ridima Wali, the same leadersh
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Excellent fruit sir! Sweet and tasty! Just look at the skin!I looked at the fruit and there was no doubt in my mind they were ripe and ready for eating. I wondered whether the fruit vendor could see I was nearl
Suddenly little online ads are appearing on social media, telling us what to eat, what not to eat and the illnesses and diseases you can get by eating the wrong food. It doesnt stop there, other ads mention wro
The first thing that happens when there is violence or rioting is to shut down the internet.Why?In the good old days when kings sat in their castles and sent their men into battle, quite often, guards from his
I watched as my wife trudged across the living room with a bucket of clothes to be washed. I watched again as my younger daughter also trudged across with a bucket of water to water the plants. Hey, I shouted,-
Oh Lord, I prayed this morning when I woke, Give me a path of ease!I had slept badly last night, thinking of a meeting I had with troublemakers who were bent on creating a disturbance at an AGM, and I longed fo
