I’ll Still Take the Risk..!
A few months ago, I lent a friend some money and he hasn’t been able to pay me back. “You’re a fool Bob!” said many of my friends, “you knew it was a losing proposition, why did you venture where angels fear to tread?” I shrugged my shoulders and smiled; all…
Make Your Luck Improve…!
Many years ago, I was looking for a subcontractor to do a huge job, and had zeroed on one man and called him to the site for an interview. He came two hours late, and by the time he came, I gave the contract to another. “It’s my bad luck!”…
Something Else from Israel..!
Here’s something else from Israel, other than news about missiles and bombings: It’s some facts about the Dead Sea! Well, the Dead Sea is really a lake, not a sea. It’s so high in salt content that the human body can float easily. You can almost lie down and read…
Enjoy Growing Old..!
How often I meet people who fight the fact they are growing old. Here are some lines for them on ageing, some borrowed and some my own: ‘Old age is a gift. I am now, probably for the first time in my life, the person I have always wanted to…
Your Next Lucky Break…!
I do like to believe I don’t believe anymore in bad luck or good luck, but a few years ago, I was walking my twelfth round at the joggers park when a friend invited me to walk an extra one with him. “Not one but two,” I told him jovially…
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.