Columns

Handle that Fear Head-on..!
“….Always do well what you are afraid to do..”                                                           Ralph Waldo Emerson The principal of the college looked at
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February 8, 2024
Longing to Return..!
There was sadness in his eyes as he looked at me, “I long to return to my native place!” he
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February 8, 2024
The Budget Make-Up Kit..!
One very common feature at the presentation of the budget is a photo of the finance minister giving final touches
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February 7, 2024
The Emperor’s New Clothes and Vande Bharat..!
For the last few months I’ve been curious about the many inaugurations by the Prime Minister of the Vande Bharat
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February 6, 2024
Enjoy Your Today..!
A friend asked me the other day, whether I miss my youth, or long for times which have passed, and
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February 5, 2024
Pulling Up Your Crop..!
How often we are so impatient to see the results of some effort we are putting into some venture or
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February 4, 2024
Don’t Use Your Muscle..!
It was after a Christmas concert, while walking out of the Cathedral, I felt a touch on my arm, and
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February 3, 2024
Two Wives..!
Quite often some public figure caught in the public glare, having a rollicking time with someone other than his wife,
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February 1, 2024
Famous Last Words..!
 Fifteen years ago or so, on the death of Art Buchwald the famous humour columnist, my column replaced his in
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February 1, 2024
Tackling Death and the Unknown..!
Most everyone is scared of the unknown. When we board a plane, we are just a bit terrified, as we
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January 31, 2024
Pointed Ears..!
Yesterday I got a note from a reader, saying, “Bob, I long for the day when I won’t have any
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January 30, 2024
Win Life’s Battles..!
Life’s battles don’t always go, to the stronger or faster man, But sooner or later, the man who wins is
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January 29, 2024