Around the beginning of the last century, polio was rampant, irreversibly paralyzing thousands of children. Immunization programs were introduced and Rotary took this as their major project. In 1988 350,000 chi
Saturday, 18th October, 2025
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Bob’s Banter
I remember before the lockdown taking a long drive with a friend of mine to check out a problem with a trust in which we were both trustees. I enjoyed the drive and the comfortable car he took me in. He wasn't
One of the saddest sights seen is when a husband or wife dies and leaves behind a partner. You can literally see the one left behind asking silently, “Why did you leave me here? What will I do alone?” And t-
During this festival time, there will be many who will visit religious places asking and praying for this or that:“I want a new car!”“A big house!”“I want the latest cell phone!”“An iPad!”And th
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Monsoon weather isn’t the most cheerful weather! It certainly isn’t, and persistent rain, along with rumbling thunder adds to a feeling of impending doom. My daughter who studied in Seattle told me even the
The mother of the little boy was intrigued. Her shy son, who liked more than anything else the company of only himself, had suddenly got attached to his grandfather. “He just loves going out with him!” she
My grandmother a woman of God, was of simple but great faith, and it was while growing up on her knee I learnt to trust the same God she worshipped with same childlike faith she had. A lot of which came to me t
This could happen after May, in the year 2024!“There’s something wrong!” I see myself shouting.“What’s wrong?” asks the wife.“I have been cheated, swindled, a fraud has taken place!”“What frau
Many years back while in business for my father, an interior designer, we would get a contract for the home of the managing director of some big company. Now in all probability I had already visited him in his
When all over the world, better roads allow vehicles to be driven faster, t’was strange the Madras Hight Court ordered the reduction of speed limits from 120 kmph to the old limit of 80 kmph.But they were rig
While having a discussion with a close friend of mine, “I told him, “There’s so much of anger, about rapes, potholes, economy mismanagement and poverty in the country! But I don’t see any change!”“B
How nice life would be with no problems, right? You get up in the morning, and there’s a calm, a peace, a wonderful feeling of quiet because, wow, there’s no problem!You smile to yourself, and drift back in
Today what the world needs are individuals.What we see more than before are clones. Though we are all created to look different, think different and speak different, we find safety in being similar, and therein
Every day on opening my email I find kindly souls from Africa and now even India offering me vast sums of money if I hide the wealth some dictator has siphoned out of their country or that I’ve won a lottery.
“The China Virus!” spouted Trump, every time he opened his mouth about Covid-19, and now with Afghanistan taken over by terrorists, terror may get a new name: Virus-T!The world looks fearfully at the world
Even now, nearly forty years after his death, from different households throughout the world flows out the rich, powerful voice of Jim Reeves. A strong baritone, he sang country, pop and gospel and even beat th
In the good old days, cowards drew out dagger or spear and hiding in a crowd, thrust their weapon into intended victim! Nobody knew who did the deed because the assassin was hidden well.Today, with CC TVs insta
Many years ago, I worked as a salesman in my dad’s interior decoration company. Something that I feared and dreaded was to get a call in the morning from dad, that a customer who’s place we were supposed to
I see many people talking on their cell phones while driving or riding their bikes, and to such as these do I bring back an article from my archives: The young man driving the latest fancy car had one arm on th
Many years ago while reading the book, Silas Marner by George Eliot, I remember the way one of the characters, Molly dies in a snow storm. She trudges through the falling snow and finding it increasingly diffic
