Yesterday I was invited to a party and my little granddaughter was also there.Now she’s just learnt to walk and she tottered between all the tall people in the room, and maybe to her they looked like giants.
Friday, 17th October, 2025
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It’s the festival season and it’s raining discounts and bargains!I looked at huge ads, they showed pictures and prices of scores of items that were going cheap. There were beard trimmers at two hundred and
“Apply yourself..” Lee IacoccaAm putting up a play for two schools, both writing and directing them, and quite enjoying myself. But what I hear constantly from many, especially my well -wishers is, “Bob,
Many years ago, I was looking for a subcontractor to do a huge job, and had zeroed on one man and called him to the site for an interview. He came two hours late, and by the time he came, I gave the contract to
The other day, while assuring my daughter not to be afraid of a particular situation because God would see her through, she replied, “I know dad, but I’m human!”I thought about it and remembered an incide
There are many of us who remember a turning point in our lives.It could have been a sentence in a book we read, or a speech we heard, or advice given by an elder or teacher in school.Very often, that turning po
Last month, while driving through England, Scotland and Ireland, we stayed at nearly eight different places, some of them economical hotels and others Airbnb’s which were homes given on rent for the period of
Even as India bade a tearful farewell to a giant of a man, let us not bid adieu to the values the Tata name so firmly established in the country. For many decades people swore by the brand name of the Tata’s.
Something that is happening because of the latest kind of communal thinking is that of losing friends we made and kept for many years! I truly believe, only the renewing of those old bonds will destroy the sad
According to newspaper reports, the sale of SUVs has nearly beaten the sale of other cars in the country! Some years ago I looked at the blueprint of the car that lay on an automobile engineer’s table. “It
As I keep hearing about Israel in all the news channels and papers, I read something interesting in that country that is not about missiles and bombings: It’s the Dead Sea!Well, the Dead Sea is really a lake,
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This happened a few years ago, when as the chairman of my colony, the doorbell rang, and a watchman stood outside my door. It was two in the morning. “Drunk girl on one of the building's staircases, sir!” h
A few years ago I watched the movie ‘Mr and Mrs Iyer’ on the small screen and loved every moment of Aparna Sen’s movie. The scene I loved best is when the rioters enter the bus in search of Muslims; I wat
As I had planned to start the writing of my latest book this morning, my mind was initially feverish with plots and impressive beginnings for the first chapter. It was like hundreds of little characters jumping-
My wife, a medical doctor, is quite strict about the sweets I’m allowed to have, and when she does give me permission, laughs as I take it, sit on my favourite rocking chair, take one bite at a time and relis
...The compassion that you see in the kindhearted is God’s 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 an
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 I’m not going to talk about fist fights or slaps or blows because perpetrator
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 you’re n
