It happened at a cricket match, the umpire, an elderly gentleman with all the authority of a man who had probably declared many batsmen out unfairly in his life, stood…
We all know the fable about the shepherd boy. He rushes into town shouting that wolves are attacking his sheep. The villagers drop their work, run to help, and find…
Part of a speech I once made has stayed with me for years. I had said that I believe in stories. Not because I am a writer and can hardly…
I often pass churches where notices solemnly announce nine day novenas, thirteen Fridays or Wednesdays, special candles and assorted spiritual schemes which sometimes sound suspiciously like festive discount offers. Come…
“Let’s go fly a kite,” sang Julie Andrews, and I suspect she was not merely talking of paper, string and boys running across maidans yelling instructions nobody obeys. She was…
Author : Robert Clements
Course by Robert Clements
Robert Clements is a newspaper columnist and writes a daily column, which has graced the pages of over 60 newspapers and magazines, from a daily column in the Khaleej Times, Dubai, the Morning Star, London, and in nearly every state in India, from The Statesman in Kolkata, to the Kashmir Times in Kashmir to the Trinity Mirror in Chennai.