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
Saturday, 24th January, 2026
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Bob’s Banter
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
It was a huge cheque I saw in the newspaper!Specially made for the occasion, designed for the publicity it would fetch. I looked closer at the newspaper picture, and saw that is was being given to some cancer-
“Stop appeasing the minorities!” shout the majority in the country. Hearing these shouts, I decided to fairly and unbiasedly look into their angry cry. I did and realized how better to think of the country
Yesterday I was asked to speak at the Nirmala Niketan College in Mumbai about, “Giving a Voice to the Voiceless’. It seemed as I began to speak, I heard a whisper, “What If, you Bob should not be the spea
This happened a couple of weeks ago; a car coming down the opposite lane at breakneck speed climbed up the divider and before my astonished eyes turned a couple of times before coming to a standstill upside dow
“Amazing!” I exclaimed at what I was reading on a website, “Two-thirds of the world's 946 billionaires made their fortunes from scratch, relying on grit and determination, and not good genes.” I read on
Each successive government rewrites history, the way an author revises his books. “Look at this,” says a minister in my imagination, thumbing through a book of history, “it says the English built the rail
Once in a while, when going with a friend to visit someone I am warned before I reach, “he is a henpecked husband!”“Oh!” I whisper, and go with quite some apprehensions of a wife pecking away at every s
In my book, ‘DARE’ I have a chapter, ‘Dare to Make and Keep Friends’, but thought that today we could talk about choosing friends!As the old adage says, “A Man is known by the company he keeps” and
As countries open up and we Asians start flying again, I thought it imperative to write this little piece, which I also recommend you take with a pinch of salt, though there is some truth in it.Most Internation
Today, political rallies are all about candidates insulting each other. The days of dignified talk seem to be over, and just when I was beginning to feel sad about the bygone days, I suddenly started realizing
Robert ClementsShe greeted me like we were old friends, purring and wrapping herself round my legs, “Hey,” I said, “I don’t know you!” But from her friendly gestures I realized that, that didn’t mat
Robert ClementsIt was a narrow bridge one climbed from once a lazy station, onto the road above.Elphinstone Road station in Mumbai was hardly used previously, except by mill workers of old, going to work or ret
Here’s something special on Valentine’s Day:We seem to think the best relationships are between like-minded people, but not necessarily at all. Instead of changing your wife or husband to your way of thinki
A few years ago a friend came to me with a brilliant idea which required him resigning from his job and setting up business. The scheme seemed well thought off and it was some years later we met again and I fou
Many decades ago, on long train journeys, my father would take me to the end of the long platform and show me the mighty steam engine which pulled us. “Do you know how it works Bob?” he asked once. I shook
