How do you handle a reunion, either school or college? Where one finds friends one hasn’t met in years, many who were very close, some unfortunately haven’t done as well as the others, and an awkward period
Wednesday, 29th October, 2025
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Bob’s Banter
Will Smith whose resounding crack echoed into all our living rooms, as it nearly broke Chris Rock’s jaw, finally repented. He said, he had betrayed the trust of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc
People who come up to my garden wonder why I keep an old tire on which I’ve made a seat. Ah well, there’s a tale everywhere isn’t there? It happened some years ago, and I must say that watching your car g
Most of us go through life, thinking we are God’s gift to mankind or is it woman kind? We strut around, swagger and feel we are indispensable to home or company. “What would my family ever do without me?”
Once while reaching out for the soap in the bathtub, I slipped and fell. My feet shot into the air and I fell with a thud on my back. I gingerly opened my eyes and found that except for a slightly bruised elbow
Social drinking is increasing by the day, and there is not a party I attend that does not serve liquor. I have no problems of liquor being served, but about how liquor is drunk. In our country, the whole idea a
Robert ClementsA few years ago V. Bhaskaran, coach of the Indian hockey team lamented the fact that his team was losing because of bad luck and bad umpiring! “I am proud of my brave boys!” he said, “and t
‘Mr. Singh our honorary secretary is coming to visit us now,’ said my wife putting down the phone, ‘he said it was a business visit.’‘Does he have any other business than being our society’s secreta
‘Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two one…’ shouts the referee and the whole nation watches in heightened anticipation and bated breath, whether the one who’s been floored will rise. The
A few years back I'd gone to spend a month in Europe. It had been an exciting trip and I'd made many friends and visited wonderful places but when I boarded the Alitalia flight back home, there was an incredibl
Was thinking of the free gift of health this morning as a friend asked me about my new glasses and remembered that morning when the watchman at the gate told me a friend of mine in the next building had had an
There was no lunch laid out for me the other day.It’s a habit of mine to leave my door open, while I write in my study. The cook comes in everyday as she has been coming for the last twenty five years and coo
In the days of old, even just a hundred years ago, nations made secret agreements with each other. These treaties were thrown on the face of a warring enemy, who suddenly realized they had a more formidable con
The stuffed teddy bear, belonging to one of my daughter’s when she’d been little, now sat in all regality on a little rocking chair, also belonging to my other daughter when she was little. The bear looked
A few months ago, a president of a social club called an organization which was to teach him leadership training and said, “I want my money back, I have no time for the course!”“Sir,” said the coordinat
It was blistering hot as I lay on the deckchair, in a beach somewhere in the country, and like all Indians, was happy to have the large umbrella protecting me from the harsh sun blazing overhead. But, not the m
People coming home ask me why I still keep most of my junk, and I tell them of the same conversation I had with my car. “Where’s the car?” they ask, and I tell them about the talk I had with my car: “Ga
It was blistering hot as I lay on the deckchair, in a beach somewhere in the country, and like all Indians, was happy to have the large umbrella protecting me from the harsh sun blazing overhead. But, not the m
Robert ClementsQuite often I hear somebody telling me, “No problem!” In fact the phrase became so common, that now I hear another, “No worries!”No worries? No problems? How we would love to live a life
“Bob, please look for a suitable boy for my daughter!” said the voice of an old friend of mine on the phone.“So your daughter has finally decided to get married?” I asked surprised.“No, but I want her
