With Jeff my German-Shepherd having passed away two months ago, its my daughters dog who comes up with my daughter and son-in-law nearly every night for dinner. Not yet completely out of puppyhood, hes given so
Wednesday, 25th February, 2026
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Bob’s Banter
They say that in true love you lay yourself open.Truly that is a fact. I had got onto a helicopter at Manhattan, which would fly high above the skyscrapers and show us a different view of the New York skyline,
I opened the papers to glamorous pictures of a famous couple and headlines about their wedding at Jodhpur and their stay at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Bombay. But what made me sit up was an item in a tabloid about
With the state of the economy plummeting, and money needed to handle the running of the country, rumour has it that everything under the sun would be taxed, but I didnt know how serious it was till I went for m
A couple of my serious minded friends have been saying, Bob youve been writing too much banter lately, what about a serious article?Like what? I askSomething churchy?Okay friends Ill oblige, heres something chu
Politics in our country has reached such a low, that people just wont trust politicians. I got a frantic message from a poor friend in Orissa saying that all around him people were dying for lack of oxygen, ven
I heard a funny story: A small plane with an instructor and student on board hit the runway and bounced repeatedly until it came to a stop. The instructor turned to the student and said, That was a terrible lan
For the last few years Ive been hearing of one of our political readers who hardly rests and is always is in a hurry. I do understand that as that was once how I lived. In fact, for years on end, my time spent
The Whatsapp message that came to me was from a phone number of an Indian in America, it said, Terror has no religion. However it was not making a statement, it was mocking a particular religious community, wit
The rain fell in gentle drops onto the waiting leaves that seemed to be smiling as they raised their branches heavenward and received their watery blessing. The birds sang happily, and lazily flew from tree to
Twas two years ago, three friends and I drove to Goa, and stopped at a well-known restaurant for lunch. It was an open-air eatery and as we sat we could see car loads of families coming with hungry passengers l
Cruel, heartless and merciless was evil wind that blew in last week, piloted with ferocity by Cyclone Tauktae herself! Scorn writ all over her face, she mowed down all in her path; trees, lampposts, hutments an
With patriotism being questioned, sedition being defined and slogans being the criteria for motherland loyalty, we may have a confused people in the country: My daughter, who stands at attention when the nation
She was short, squat and dowdy, and as I ran to join the group of tourists at the heritage building I wondered what this women was doing as a guide. The lady looked up over the heads of the others and instead o
As I see the blame game going between the owners of the barge which saw nearly sixty die last week on the Bombay High Seas, and the late captain, we hear people saying we should be lenient with someone or other
You know Bob, my wife told me the other day, Its time we changed our furniture!Why? I asked, Our furniture is fine!Its old!I looked at my furniture. It was certainly old, but it was durable and good. It was ove
Filled with horror I read about the twenty-seven ONGC employees who died and fifty-three missing, when their barge sank during Cyclone Tauktaes tryst with the west coast of India. The barge, as you know, is the
Its generally after an event, a wedding or some other occasion like a lavish holiday when I realize Im nearly broke and my driver comes back from the bank with my passbook. I open it with fear and trembling and
The cyclone has just passed and as I looked down, I saw the broken branch, Oh thats so sad! I shouted, It must have happened with winds over 120 kms an hour!The winds were terrible! agreed the broken branch, an
Maybe its the fact that in the middle of the cyclone today, my wife a doctor, had to rush to the hospital to save a life that makes me write about Death rage todayWe have all seen or experienced this feeling at
