How famous Galilee is today! From Galilee came Jesus, who changed the world and changed our lives. But what did the scribes and Pharisees think of Galilee? In John 7: 52, they said with disdain about Jesus, ‘Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.’ That’s it. They…
Robert Clements is a journalist and newspaper columnist. With an estimated 6 million readership, his column, Bob’s Banter is published in over 30 newspapers and magazines in nearly every state in India, as well as in the top newspapers of Bangladesh, London and Dubai and is also translated into Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu.
Unlock Your Fearful Mind..!
Suddenly little online ads are appearing on social media, telling us what to eat, what not to eat and the illnesses and diseases you can get by eating the wrong food. It doesn’t stop there, other ads mention wrong ways of exercising, the wrong way of sleeping and we are…
Stop Shutting the Internet..!
The first thing that happens when there is violence or rioting is to shut down the internet. Why? In the good old days when kings sat in their castles and sent their men into battle, quite often, guards from his fort watchtowers would shout, “Lone horseman riding to the fort!”…
Reservations for You and Me..!
Today, in our country, everybody wants reservations, with some leaders in the country who have divided the people saying that even our beloved country should only be reserved for those who worship in one particular way! And as the word, ‘reservation’ gets bandied about, my thoughts go to ‘reservations’ on…
Learning from Mr Kapoor on the Terrace..!
I watched as my wife trudged across the living room with a bucket of clothes to be washed. I watched again as my younger daughter also trudged across with a bucket of water to water the plants. “Hey,” I shouted, putting down my newspaper. “What’s happened to our maid?” “She…
Those Cheap Cars Around Us..!
“Our engineers burned the midnight oil to produce this car,” said the MD as he showed me into his factory in the outskirts of the city, “and after the lockdown, we thought this was just the car for your highly strained pocket!” “And this car will cost less than a…
Give Me A Path of Ease..!
“Oh Lord,” I prayed this morning when I woke, “Give me a path of ease!” I had slept badly last night, thinking of a meeting I had with troublemakers who were bent on creating a disturbance at an AGM, and I longed for ease and calm, till I remembered the…
Forgiveness With God’s Help…!
As a rule I don’t look at horoscopes, but found one literally jumping onto my face, saying that my star sign, which is Scorpio, doesn’t allow me to forgive easily. “Aha!” I said. Because something I find very hard to do on my own is to forgive. I try but…
For Want of a Nail..!
So, you have a dream of a start-up business in mind? One that will revolutionize the industry? You feel it is the need of the hour and one that will certainly earn you millions! Wonderful! But how much time have you put into research? No, not research on developing your…
You and Your Walking Stick..!
One day while it was snowing in New York, I happened to glance outside and saw a young girl. She walked on the pavement opposite mine, and I stood transfixed! She went at a gait that left everybody else behind, and in this city where time is a major factor,…
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.