Had been invited to speak at a book-launch and during the evening asked the new author when he planned to write another book, I plan to take three months off, and go to some place quiet, where I am alone, and w
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Bob’s Banter
Ever so often do I hear people telling me how they lay awake through the previous night. They make it sound like the end of the world.You lay awake all night? I ask laughing.Yes, they say, yes, dont laugh Bob!A
Maybe its the fact that I couldnt complete my morning walk today, because I wasnt feeling too well, that made me look for another alternative to walking.I stared at the advertisement: A walk machine! All I had
Ive made many wrong decisions in my life, said a famous person, But Im proud of every one of them, because I made a decision!Life is all about making decisions isn't it?So often we go through life hoping a prob
It happened a few years ago, when a young Indian army officer serving in the dangerous Jammu and Kashmir region, received information that terrorists were firing indiscriminately onto the public at the Jammu Ra
Was in Bhopal a few months ago conducting a workshop on writing and public speaking, and having an extra day before heading home, was offered a sightseeing trip by a few students. There was a lot of Bhopal to b
There are many who fight shy and even condemn technological and scientific advances in our world. But by doing so theyll become dinosaurs in our modern age. Here are some funny stories of those who struggled to
Two months ago, Krystyna Pyszkova from the Czech Republic clinched the Miss World 2024 title at a grand ceremony held in Mumbai, but today I remembered my Miss World:She lived behind my house in a hut for just
Singing in one of the best choirs in the country and under the illustrious Coomi Wadia, I think I have been spoiled silly. A point she emphatically enforces is that in case a choir member makes a mistake during
Theres a soft terror thats going unchecked in our country! As I watch politicians in our country speaking what they want and getting away with it, Ive often wondered how they get away very often with murder? Iv
It was a gathering in the country of a billion and a quarter, There were murmurs and sharp words, but no smiles, chuckles or laughter.The people were fed up, all those whod gathered there, What did you do for u
Youll have to move out, the building is unsafe, the municipal engineers had told her, as they stood at her doorstep staring unashamedly at her buxom form as she cradled the baby in her arms.Where? she had asked
Theres only one purpose a billboard or hoarding serves; to be noticed!It cannot be hidden! It has to be glaringly visible! Telling the world, Here I am, look at me! And that is exactly what the ONE HUNDRED AND
"You need to go out once in a while!" the wife's been telling me, Otherwise a stage will come when the world outside wont know you at all, or worse you might forget how to deal with the world outside!Ok, I said
The only Made in India product, we should be proud of sending abroad, and worth exporting is the product of peace and non-violence that was taught by Gandhiji and that won us our freedom. Otherwise, the very co
One very fond memory I carry is getting on to my old motor bike and riding to the sea. Any guesses who my pillion was? No, not some pretty lass but an old uncle. We drove to the beach and then sat on the sand a
Its one of the most impressive old structures among the heritage buildings along the sea front, looked after with total dedication by a tall Anglo- Indian gentleman with a booming voice. The building would have
While running my dad's interior designing firm many years ago, I was called to the house of a potential customer who wanted to do up his place. I sat with a design book in hand and waited to begin my presentati
There was a knock on my door. Outside I found two busy looking individuals, We are engineers, weve come to do a structural audit of your flat sir! said one of them.Thats wonderful! I said, Please check all the
Even as we discussed the Karnataka rapes yesterday and how women are being made to look weak because of insecure men, begs the question, should women wait for men to become confident, before they can walk into
