Bob’s Banter

  • 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
  • The Neem and the Peepal..!
    Ever so often, I hear a branch of the Neem tree outside my window rubbing against the metal awning, and a little farther, the sound of the Peepal tree doing the same. I wondered whether the sounds were a conver
  • Trust the Director..!
    Something I loved doing and still love doing is directing some of the plays I’ve written.But even as I directed the same, I would always see a difference in how members of the cast treated my directional skil
  • Not Celebrating Christmas..!
    Yesterday I sang a quartet piece with a family, who’d just lost their father, a strong powerful bass. The three, the mother, son and daughter invited me to sing in his place, and as I sang along, thoughts wen
  • Forever Worried Mothers..!
    Something that keeps my wife from having a good night’s sleep is when she hears that one of our daughter’s is not well. Initially, I used to think it was the doctor in her, trying to find a medical remedy,
  • Why a Disabled Child..!
    It was many years ago that I landed at the hospital where my wife practiced, to meet the mother of a baby who had been born with a physical deformity. The mother was not there but the grandmother was. “Why?
  • Call Discouragement, A Liar..!
    There were tears in her eyes when I entered the room many years ago. I knew she had been on the phone and I wondered who had made her cry. “Dad,” she asked, “am I a failure?”“Are you?” I asked.“I
  • Grabbing Property..!
    Something that breaks relationships, especially among siblings is the grabbing of property, oftimes in a way, in which one brother or sister gets less, or is cheated out of what is rightfully theirs. Or, it cou
  • Louder than the Chisel..!
    The old mother, in her bedroom down the corridor, cried out, “Where are you, my child?”“Mother, please don’t disturb me this month, as I’m going to be very busy!” shouted her daughter tapping away o
  • An Uneasy Maharashtra..!
    Though the NDA allies have won a sweeping victory in Maharashtra, there’s still a sense of unease all over the state. Hardly any firecrackers went off on the day of the results, and victory celebrations have
  • Young Bosses and Compassion..!
    The man walking next to me pushed himself as he walked faster and faster. “Hey,“I said, “What are you trying to win? The marathon?”“I need to keep myself physically fit,” he puffed.“You are,” I
  • A Small Detour..!
    A couple of years ago while traveling in scenic Austria, I got down from the car and sat by the side of a mountain beside a flowing brook. It was no restful and peaceful and I was nearly lulled to sleep by the
  • Turn the Day Around..!
    “This is the day the Lord has made, we will rejoice and be glad in it..”    Psalm 118How you get up from bed and face the day, with a smile or with a frown, may well be how your day will turn out
  • Let’s Learn from Bangladesh..!
    Most Indians are shocked by the violence against Hindus and the destruction of temples in Bangladesh.Even as our minds look with disbelief, remembering the sacrifice of our brave soldiers liberating Bangladesh,
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