Inspirational Stories, spiced with Humour
Strip a man of everything. Not just clothes, but his dignity. Not just freedom, but his voice. Not just strength, but his very identity. Betray him with a kiss. Deny him with a shrug. Try him with lies. Sentence him with convenience. Whip him till flesh hangs loose. Press thorns…
A Risen Lord stretched out his arms to me! I smiled at friends as we sat in the bar, “We’ll stand by you through thick and thin,” they slurred drunkenly, and we raised a toast to each other in a stupor of revelry. I looked for those same true friends…
Today the amphitheater lies decayed and unused, and as the sea winds from Marine Drive just across the railway tracks sweeps across the once famous open air theatre now lying in ruins, its resigned silence speaks about rock concerts, jazz yatras, tamashas and lavani shows held here in days long…
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.
