Many years ago, as a youngster, I watched a powerful priest praying in church. His eyes were closed. His hands were raised. His voice trembled with devotion. Anyone watching him…
My neighbour bought a robot vacuum cleaner. “It cleans the house all by itself,” he announced proudly. The next week he bought a robot lawn mower. The week after that…
I visited the Lincoln Zoo in the US today. As I was walking past the cages, I heard a voice, “Indian, are you?” I stopped. The lion was looking straight…
Have we all gone blind? Or is it only our young people whose eyes are still open? As students pour onto the streets in protest, we should begin asking what…
Every parent knows there comes a moment when raising your voice no longer works. The child grows taller, develops opinions, discovers Google, and suddenly your famous line, “Because I said…
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.