Sing the solo Bob! the choir conductor told me.No, I said.But its your old church!Thats why I dont want to sing a solo! I whisper I just want to sit in the choir pew I sat in many decades ago, and thank God, fo
Saturday, 11th April, 2026
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Bob’s Banter
The pen is mightier than the sword we say glibly, repeating an oft quoted line, but having no idea whether its true or not, or sometimes what it means!Swords! Gone are those days! Swords are not used anymore, a
When my children were quite tiny, I made a trip to New York to visit my parents, and when returning decided I would fill my suitcases with gifts for them and also my wife. I stared at the amazing stuff be
With half of America rooting for the virus, in Trump, and the other half cursing the virus for attacking Trump, the Virus I soon found was nearly having a nervous breakdown. Interview the Virus! my editor barke
Watch out! I shouted as my driver swerved to avoid the cyclist then jumped out of the car and ran to pick up the fallen man.Thats when I saw his bicycle.It lay old and rusty. I looked down at it and it seemed n
The newspaper boy, clutching his newspapers like diamonds in his hand, shouted, Vaccine found! Vaccine available! And people hearing him at the railway station and street outside, rushed to get a copy of the pa
The other day while scanning the news in the local papers I saw this hideous picture of an ugly man; face all patched up, hardly any nose, no eyebrows and two skin projections for ears! He had been through a gr
With so many actors and actresses dragged to jail by the Narcotics Control Bureau, or for questioning, many hardcore fans and film addicts are beginning to come up with strange thoughts and theories.My neighbor
There were tears in her eyes, my daughters, as she led me up to the terrace Look what theyve done dad, she wept. I stared with horror. The bird, a pigeon, hung by its neck, held by a thin string, one end of whi
Ive found the easiest way to find a misplaced cell phone is to call my number and find the instrument ringing from under a pile of clothes, an upturned book or sometimes screaming from my very own pocket, which
As fair play evolved and even warfare rules changed from barbaric methods to slightly more civilized ways, certain unsporting practices were frowned on, and finally declared as foul. In sports, one of them, was
And as cricket our passionate, frenzied, national sport starts, I know soon there will be an Indo-Pak match to get all our Covid frustration anger out. To most fans, spectators and their countrymen, an Indo-Pak
It was early one morning the people of New York, some of them anyway heard the Statue of Liberty had been speaking to someone down below, the previous night. A drunk, who had made his home on the same island, t
And as I heard about the building collapse in Mumbai, with sixteen dead and counting, and other concrete structures crumbling during the rains, I hear knowing voices asking, Why do they stay in such buildings a
The busy architect picked up his ringing phone, Yes Father? he asked, What can I do for you?I am in a fix, said the worried voice of the priest.Why? Has your church collapsed? Is the roof leaking? Are the walls
And as I hear about our brave soldiers fighting for the country in the cold heights against a brutal Chinese army, I am reminded of a young Indian army officer serving in the dangerous Jammu and Kashmir region
With so many Zoom calls being made and many people wanting to speak on different subjects I find quite a few speakers trying to impress their audience with the kind of language they use, especially in using hig
The watchman outside my gate was fast asleep. He was old, and wanting to return to his village, We need to change the watchman! I said as I glanced wearily from my window at his sleeping form.What? shouted the
A few days ago, I was asked to be a moderator on the new National Education Policy. The debate was conducted by the Atomic Energy Junior College in Tarapore. Much of the debate was on the three language formula
And finally, the vaccine came out and every single person was given the antidote against the dreaded virus, and the world went back to business, and games, and politics and parties and weddings, just like the w
