This Too Shall Pass..!
A story goes that a neighboring king once came to Solomon and asked him for a motto, “It must be one”, said he, “that shall be as much use to me in times of trouble as in times of prosperity”. The wise Solomon it is said, gave the king these…
Be Strong..!
My mother, God bless her soul, always told me I was well loved because I had three mothers! What she meant was that I was loved by not just her but also her two sisters, and I equally loved them back. The last of the sisters passed away a few…
Yielding Sweetness When Crushed..!
He was there standing like a shadow near his building as I stopped my car. He waited for me to get down and guide him inside my vehicle, then grinned at my wife and children though he couldn’t see them. He is blind, and lived in Kuwait, till his wife…
Turn Today’s Negative into a POSITIVE..!
Jerusalem is a dusty city though it has much history and a beauty of its own. I believe there is no sunset as spectacular as one in Jerusalem. The sky can glow a brilliant orange behind red and purple clouds. However, they never seem to get away from dust in…
Insuring Your Assets..!
A few years ago I read that Holly Madison, the former girlfriend of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, insured an attractive part of her body for 1 million dollars. She said that she insured her famous assets with Lloyd’s of London to protect them while appearing in her Las Vegas production,…
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.