Don’t give up. There are many of us, bruised, bloodied and battered, who want to quit the race, quit their business, or just raise their hands in surrender.Don’t! Just stick it out! Finish your race!This ha
Friday, 17th October, 2025
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Bob’s Banter
Quite often deep disappointments like the one many went through on Saturday in Maharashtra are God’s way of saying, “Now Allow Me!”In the Old Testament, there are several instances where God expresses ang-
One Sunday the priest at church asked our congregation whether they had experienced God’s presence in their lives in the past week. One after the other, different members, young and old, got up and told the o
Here’s a story that brought tears to my eyes.Twenty years ago, I drove a cab for a living. When I arrived at 2.30 a.m., the building was dark, except for a single light in a ground floor window. Under these c
What powerful words, aren’t they?‘It shall be well!’Words we utter when full of hope and certainty. But imagine saying the same in the midst of despair and grief?Because these words were uttered as a moth-
Most of us go through life, thinking we are someone great! We strut around, swagger and feel we are indispensable to home or company. “What would my family ever do without me?” we wonder, little realizing t
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Was driving down a silent road, when I heard the sound of loud music, and found another car drawing up close, with windows down and music-full blast. Suddenly the peace I was enjoying was broken by the cacophon
It was a close friend who sent me this wonderful story, and I thank him for doing so.‘A few years ago in downtown Denver, my friend, Scott, and I saw something tiny and insignificant that changed the world, b
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
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
