Anger Management During the Lockdown..!
“Anger blows out the lamp of the mind,” Robert Ingersoll. Just before the lockdown I was at a police station trying to keep a son of a friend of mine out of jail. The boy had been driving his dad’s car when he was hit by a school bus. He…
Turning Insults to Your Advantage..!
As I watch many of our present-day politicians, company heads and other leaders, I notice that insults flow glibly from their tongue. It seems to be an effective way of bashing their opponents. But I do believe the only way to win against them is by turning those insults around,…
Create a Peaceful Park In Your Head..!
“How peaceful it’s in here!” said a friend of mine as he sat in my living room. “Peaceful?” I asked surprised. My friend went to the window and opened another shutter, “Can you hear the rustling of the leaves? You are so lucky Bob, you have a peepul tree just…
Free Yourself, This Lockdown..!
Strange title this, right? What do you mean free others? Do you know what it is, being caged and kept in the confines of my flat? How do you expect me to free myself? A close friend of mine, sent me a note today, “Bob,” he said, “today when I…
Refocus, Realign, Reform..!
The treading on my left front tire of my car looked worn, “Let’s do a realignment!” I told my tire. “No!” shouted my front left tire, “I like being how I am!” “But you’re destroying yourself, and my car!” I said, “Soon you’ll be in shreds!” “That’s okay, I’m happy…
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.