Over two decades ago I lay on a hospital bed with a near fatal illness. It was an air-conditioned room and as soon as everybody left after putting me there, I scrambled onto my bed weakly, opened the windows and looked out. “Sir,” said a nurse who was passing by,…
Living Longer with Punjabi Samosas..!
“What do I write about?” I pondered aloud. “Me!” said the wife, “That I’m going to live sixteen months less because I married you!” “What utter rubbish,” I said, “your life span will increase with a partner like me!” “Read this,” she sniffed, handing me the morning paper, “it says…
They Know Not What They Do..!
Yesterday at the writer’s class I conduct I spoke on words uttered on the cross by Jesus that has impacted my thinking and those words are that of a dying Jesus, being murdered by the soldiers and priests who cries out to a God above, “Father forgive them, for they…
Our Festivals of Joy..!
“What’s wrong with you?” I said to my gardener last week as he stood with a crestfallen face before me. “Now you want money for Diwali, then your wife will want to buy new clothes during Christmas and finally you’ll ask me for a big advance for New Year!” “I…
Think Outside the Box..!
As I watch many startups crumbling, I’ve realized quite often they all started with brilliant ideas then fell into the trap of borrowing and pumping in money instead of pumping in ideas as they went along. When NASA began the launch of astronauts into space, they found that the pens…
A No Nose Car..!
It was during one of my visits to the village I heard a commotion, “What’s happening?” I asked as I walked out of my gate and saw Ramesh my neighbour and his old mother dancing on the road. “Mother’s a crorepati!” shouted Ramesh. “Not crorepati,” cackled the old lady, “ten…
Sisters..!
Ever so often I watch my two daughters and I realise how different their relationship is from that of two brothers, and it was when I went through this little article I realized what depth could be the love between sisters: A young wife sat on a sofa on a…
The Joy of Work..!
If you’re waiting for a windfall, you may go to the grave waiting, because fortune favours the man or woman who plods and puts in hard work every day, and that work should become a joy to us, not a drudgery! William Feather, publisher and author, said: “In the hundred-yard…
Coffee Without Karan..!
When my children were quite tiny I made a trip to New York to visit my parents, and when returning home decided I would fill my suitcases with gifts for my wife and children. So I went shopping. I stared at the amazing stuff being sold in the stores and…
The Suit Of Power..!
As I read about the Moderator of the Church of North India, now in jail, I remember another organization he had headed and how I had to come to the rescue of a young priest whose career the general secretary was trying to destroy. How quickly, we forget the God…
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.