Bob’s Banter by Robert Clements

“Today’s inconvenience, tomorrow’s comfort!” announced the board beside a road that had apparently resigned from being a road. “How reassuring,”

“Wanted,” I announced, “brave Indians for immediate placement at strategic locations!” “Security guards?” asked my neighbour. “Heroes!” “For a film?

“Can’t you see I’m suffering?” we shout at the person who has brought us a glass of water. The person

“Wait!” I tell the groom as he prepares to carry his bride across the threshold. He freezes. His bride looks

“Wonderful news!” said the gentleman. “I have finished my book!” “Congratulations!” I said. “What happens in chapter two?” “The same

“Where is your appointment letter?” I imagine asking that question of anyone who announces he is killing people on God’s

When videos surfaced showing groups of men harassing women in Bihar’s Samastipur and Jamui, the words that police are “checking

Halfway through a dip in the sea, I once swallowed a mouthful of seawater and announced that the sea was

When I heard that the bank strike had been called off, I wondered what would have happened if it had

Yesterday, as my car passed a liquor shop near Fort in Bombay, a notice in bold letters caught my eye: