Columns

Lifted up…!
While thinking of my late mother I remembered a conversation I’d had with her: ‘Bob d’you remember the times Dad
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October 16, 2020
The Dreaded ‘S’ Word..!
And as the nation with a sense of shock finds a state governor deriding a chief minister, calling him ‘secular’
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October 15, 2020
Through the Covid Mountain..!
It loomed outside, fearful, menacing, growing bigger everyday: The Covid Mountain! I tried to look beyond, but the forbidding shadow
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October 14, 2020
Are You A Rabbit?
Got you, didn’t I? You thought I was calling you a Walt Disney bunny rabbit, didn’t you? One of those
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October 13, 2020
Oh Great Visionary Leader..!
‘Can you imagine,’ said the local corporator, poking a fat finger into my ribs, ‘the people want a new bus
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October 12, 2020
Peace in Turbulent Times …!
With loved ones testing positive, my head reels, and as I often do, search for some story from old columns
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October 11, 2020
A Solo for the Conductor..!
“Sing the solo Bob!” the choir conductor told me. “No,” I said. “But it’s your old church!” “That’s why I
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October 10, 2020
A Maharaja visits the White House..!
It was while President Trump was recovering from his tryst with the virus and looking at the newspapers, that he
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October 9, 2020
Write Right..!
The pen is mightier than the sword we say glibly, repeating an oft quoted line, but having no idea whether
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October 8, 2020
Coffee or Coffee Cup..!
When my children were quite tiny, I made a trip to New York to visit my parents, and when returning
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October 7, 2020
Trump and the Virus..!
With half of America rooting for the virus, in Trump, and the other half cursing the virus for attacking Trump,
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October 6, 2020
Full Cycle..!
“Watch out!” I shouted as my driver swerved to avoid the cyclist then jumped out of the car and ran
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October 5, 2020