Inspirational Stories, spiced with Humour
Today has two celebrations—Gandhi Jayanti and Dasara—both point us to the same lesson: the fight for freedom and the triumph of good over evil. But before we burst firecrackers or garland Gandhi’s statues, let’s pause and ask a small but piercing question: What did the Mahatma actually fight for? “Freedom!”…
The other day while scanning the news in the local papers I saw this hideous picture of an ugly man; face all patched up, hardly any nose, no eyebrows and two skin projections for ears! He had been through a gruesome accident which had left him in this condition. A…
Since my wife has gone to New York to see our daughter, I’m on my own, and quite often treat myself to ordering food from hotels nearby. This morning was spicy vadas which I’d got out of bed dreaming about! The hotel sends me a lot of sambar, which from…
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.
