Your Silver Lining..!
This happened many years ago! The skies were dark and a heavy cloud hung over us as we drove on roads that echoed the darkness above. We were two writers in the car, my friend, whose first book published by a renowned publisher, which had been a runaway success, was…
Your Situation Will Change..!
Times will change my friend, and thoughts expressed here today are written for you and you alone. Whatever you are going through now, that situation will change!” These are words of comfort I need to share. Four words, you should engrave upon mind and soul and never, ever forget. Whatever,…
Be A Window Opener-Wallah..!
“Window Opener-Wallah?” you shout across to me, “What exactly do you mean?” “Ah well,” I say, “What happens when you open your windows in the morning after getting up from bed?” “I let the sunshine in!” you say, looking at me hesitantly. “Right! In one movement of the opening, you…
Drawing Open the Curtain..!
Monsoon weather isn’t the most cheerful weather! It certainly isn’t, and persistent rain, along with rumbling thunder adds to a feeling of impending doom. My daughter who studied in Seattle told me even there, skies are overcast most of the time, and it is one place where psychiatrists and psychologists…
Stop, just Stop!
This happened last year when the lockdown was first imposed. Everybody stayed at home, and many lost their jobs. But one day I had to drive to the electricity department because of a lost bill, and this was when it happened. It’s something that even now makes me feel terrible…
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.