Bobs Banter https://bobsbanter.com Inspirational Stories, spiced with Humour Mon, 08 Jun 2026 10:13:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.3 https://bobsbanter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/cropped-bobs-banter-favicon-32x32.jpg Bobs Banter https://bobsbanter.com 32 32 Lockdown, Cracks, and Uneven Flyovers..! https://bobsbanter.com/lockdown-cracks-and-uneven-flyovers/ https://bobsbanter.com/lockdown-cracks-and-uneven-flyovers/#respond Mon, 08 Jun 2026 10:13:31 +0000 https://bobsbanter.com/?p=13136 There was a time when a lockdown meant a dangerous virus was roaming the country. Today it means the people setting the NEET examination papers have been locked away from society till June 21st so they don’t leak the questions. Imagine that. Two weeks in isolation. No friends. No family....

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]]> https://bobsbanter.com/just-give-us-dignity/feed/ 12 Your Fallen Walls..! https://bobsbanter.com/your-fallen-walls/ https://bobsbanter.com/your-fallen-walls/#comments Sat, 06 Jun 2026 06:18:31 +0000 https://bobsbanter.com/?p=13128 “In all things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.” Romans 8:37 The world tells us that victory comes after the battle. God tells us that victory comes before it. That is what makes faith look so strange to those watching us. Imagine the Israelites standing before...

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]]> https://bobsbanter.com/pegasus-and-temple-talk/feed/ 3 Flooded Subway and Bullet Train Talk..! https://bobsbanter.com/flooded-subway-and-bullet-train-talk/ https://bobsbanter.com/flooded-subway-and-bullet-train-talk/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:31:30 +0000 https://bobsbanter.com/?p=13120 Over thirty-five years ago, on a dark and stormy Bombay night, I took what seemed an innocent right turn into the Andheri Subway. It turned out to be a swimming pool. The rain was pouring down. Visibility was poor. Before I knew it, my faithful Fiat 118NE was floating where...

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]]> https://bobsbanter.com/disqualifying-rahul-from-prime-ministership/feed/ 19 Of Mice and Men..! https://bobsbanter.com/of-mice-and-men/ https://bobsbanter.com/of-mice-and-men/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:20:25 +0000 https://bobsbanter.com/?p=13110 “There is only so much work a mouse can do!” I nearly fell off my chair. First, because my computer mouse had spoken. Second, because it was rebelling. This was a dangerous development. If the mouse could unionise, what was stopping the keyboard from demanding annual leave? What if the...

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]]> https://bobsbanter.com/exporting-our-fuel/feed/ 4 Tale of Two Trees..! https://bobsbanter.com/tale-of-two-trees/ https://bobsbanter.com/tale-of-two-trees/#comments Sat, 30 May 2026 07:06:46 +0000 https://bobsbanter.com/?p=13098 Two trees stand outside my window. One is a peepul tree. The other, according to my gardener, is a junglee neem. This summer has been brutal. The sun has been behaving as if it has been personally offended by all forms of vegetation. The two trees suffered terribly. The peepul...

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