Bob’s Banter

  • Safe n’ Secure..!
    Over twenty years ago we watched with horror as the Twin Towers fell in New York. I wonder today how much safer we are than in it was on nine eleven two thousand oneMy friend Mr Brahmachari who does his morning
  • Silence Isn’t Golden..!
    How often we are told that silence is golden. No, it isn’t always so; sometimes it’s plain yellow!Yes, the yellow of cowardice. The yellow of running away from a confrontation. The yellow of keeping your mo
  • Just a Banker..!
    The other day while speaking at a function on why we need to find a purpose in life, I noticed a young lady putting her head down most of the time.I met her afterwards during the tea break: “You don’t seem
  • Give Others a Second Chance..!
    Very often people with a bad past change, but do we give them a second chance?Listen to the story of former Mayor Anthony Williams. He was born to an unwed teen who gave him up for adoption. He was known as a "
  • Stand Like the Oak, Don’t Sway like a Reed..!
    Many who come to me to learn how to write or speak, are a little disappointed when they hear that the gift of being able to write well or speak powerfully comes with a caveat. That you will use this gift to be
  • It’s You..!
    One day the employees of a large company in St. Louis, Missouri returned from their lunch break and were greeted with a sign on the front door: "The person who has been hindering your growth in this company pas
  • Guilty or Not Guilty?
    From the disciplined and supposedly incorrupt party the BJP was  once supposed to be, in the last ten years it has slowly lost that sheen. Some say, it is because of many from other parties joining, and ot
  • The Unborn Child..!
    The souls of the two little unborn babies, not yet born and waiting to be delivered to expectant mothers below, sat in their heavenly abode looking down at the planet earth which would soon receive them.“Can
  • Horrors of Solitary Confinement..!
    It wasn’t the brutal whipping by guards, nor torture by prison officials, prisoners were afraid of, but the horror of solitary confinement.They were dragged screaming from their cells, to be alone with themse
  • Disagreement Helps Progress..!
    Just heard that bail has been granted to two activists after six and a half years in jail! They claim they were framed because they disagreed with the establishment. If that’s the case it’s sad be
  • Weird People Outside..!
    For those who have become house addicts like me, here’s an almost real life story:"You need to go out once in a while!" the wife's been telling me, “Otherwise a stage will come when the world outside won’
  • Enjoy Children but Bewarned..!
    One of the greatest blessings we can have as we get older, are grandchildren, and thinking of them, and praising God for them, made me want to compile something about the innocent ways they put together our mos
  • Swallow A Dose of Forgiveness..!
    Something that startles me no end is to hear people talk about old hurts, insults and old humiliations, and know that forgiveness has not taken place. And as I listen to bitter, shrill voices expounding on such
  • Choose Your Face..!
    Some of the most beautiful women I've seen and some of the handsomest men I’ve met don't have fair skin and sharp features, do not possess great height and sensual bodies but as they walk and talk and stalk t
  • My Flute Exclaims A Joyous Year...!
    Today is the last day of the year, and as the year comes to an end I look around and see my bamboo flute stretched out on the grand piano in my sitting room.I pick it up and place my mouth tenderly against the
  • More Publicity than Improvement..!
    In the good ole days, one did up his or her home, but kept the amount one had spent, a secret. But today I was soon to find out, people publicise the amount they are going to spend even before they start.Since
  • Murthy, and Learning to Chill..!
    “Throughout my life, I worked over 14 hours daily for six and a half days a week,” Narayana MurthyIn today's fast-paced, technology-driven world, it's easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of daily
  • Did Peter Wake Up Grumpy?
    Why not?It was a chilly winter morning in Jerusalem, and Peter woke up feeling miserable. His body ached, his head throbbed, and his throat was sore. He had come down with a bad cold, and he knew he would have
  • Feel Alive through Silence..!
    A few years ago, my wife and I had been to Chicago during winter, and stayed in the basement of a house for over a month. I loved the place, for the very reason many hate basements; it was a deep silence that r
  • Choose Good Friends..!
    In my book, ‘DARE’, I have a chapter, ‘Dare to Make and Keep Friends’, but today I’m not going to quote from my book but about choosing friends!As the old adage says, “A Man is known by the company
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