I’m in Chennai to speak at a function and as I drive down Mount Road, I know it’s got another name now, but Mount Road it will always remain to me, and as I drove down that long, very busy road that ends at
Sunday, 19th October, 2025
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Bob’s Banter
No, I’m not talking about selling the Adani stock and buying something else, but another investment, when I went back to school!I’d been asked to speak at a prestigious institution in the city sometime back
"Your bedroom's a mess!""It's not!" I tell my friends, "It’s a clutter of memories!""A clutter of what?" they gasp, "Just look at that air cooler on which all your books are kept, why d' you need it here when
It all happened in a jiffy.One moment walking tall!The next moment, a mighty fall!There I lay sprawled on the ground last evening, helpless for a moment, as I struggled to reactivate my traitor hands and feet t
The best way to let out your anger is not by using your fists, nor by silence, though many, many posts tell you to suffer in silence, but the right way is to express your rebuttal in words!That’s something we
Once upon a time, there was a dog farm, with many species of dogs in it. The dogs in the farm had won their freedom from foreign dogs who had ruled their farm for many years, and who ruled by using the ‘divid
“Why didn’t I have good looks like my sister?” a girl cried to her mother.The mother looked at her little girl, sighed and said, “Do you know my sisters and I grew up with a blind mother? One day when I
The other day I was talking to someone who’d been in the real estate business, and he told me he’d left the profession because of treachery, “Bob,” he told me, “Deals are made behind your back, by cli
As I glanced at the papers today, all of them mentioning different leaders in our country, I came across some thoughts by Steve Goodier on leadership, and added some of my own. But I want you to read it even as
On a visit to a physiotherapist, an exercise she prescribed for a painful right shoulder was the putting of my left arms against my right.“Clasp both your palms together and push against each other.” She sa
He’s gone now, to the great beyond, but many years ago, as I returned from my walk, I used to find a slightly oldish man waiting for me, his back bent, body trembling with Parkinson's, but eyes staring eagerl
As I bid farewell to the masons, carpenters and electricians and the last of the construction workers after they had repaired my old house, in the process carrying away three lorry loads or more of debris, I wa
‘Be secular: Supreme Court on PIL for ban on parties with religious link’ TOI, 1st Feb“What’s the news in India?” asked my American friend, as I read an Indian newspaper in an airport in America.“A
Mornings are coffee time, and a time, which I spend most conscientiously brewing the concoction to perfection! Quite a few of my friends, knowing my love for the brew, send me packets of the pod from all over t
Once while conducting a workshop on ‘Purpose and the Job’ a participant stopped my talk and asked me, "I am a senior manager of a materials department and joined this organization twenty five years ago as a
Was sitting in my garden this morning, when I was struck by the sheer beauty all around, the joy the different shades of green gave out, and looking more closely realized how the leaves of the different plants
“Forward, the Light Brigade!Charge for the guns!” he said.Into the valley of DeathRode the six hundred.“Forward, the Light Brigade!”Was there a man dismayed?Not though the soldier knewSomeone had blunde
And during the next elections as different parties promise freebies to the poor, and the same poor people with stars in their eyes jump to claim them, remember it’s your tax money that is being paid in exchan
Robert Clements“I’ll have another drink,” he told the waiter.“It’s your fourth,” I said.“So you’re good at counting,” he acknowledged.“Don’t you think you’ve had enough?”“I know when
I pressed the horn, stomped on the accelerator, cursed the driver in the next car and nearly shouted at the traffic policeman. “What’s the matter dad?” she asked.“I hate being late,” I grumbled.“D
