Not Just Group Captain Abhinandan..!
Every now and then the name of Group Captain Abhinandan pops up, as a hero, and maybe the one and only hero the nation has had for many years. We think that heroes are found only in the battlefield, and only among the armed forces, but it is not so,…
Beauty Through Your Applause ..!
Do you think my hair is soft and shiny?” Zarine asked Kumar one moonlit evening. Kumar answered, “Yep.” “And are my eyes bright and beautiful?” she continued. “Yep,” he replied. After a few minutes Zarine forged ahead, “Kumar, do you think my skin is smooth and clear?” “Yep.” At this,…
Why Me..!
“Why me?” I cried out, looking up to the sky. It happened many years ago when my wife and I had driven down to the sea side with a group of friends for a holiday. One morning we decided we would go down to the wharf and buy crabs. We…
Facing Rejection Head-On..!
Sorry folks I’m not talkin’ ‘bout those rejected by their lovers, but I’m talkin’ of we poor writers and the continuous rejection we face as we try to build a career in writing. History is replete with examples of writing that was rejected time and again that finally made the…
Encouragement Power..!
I see lots and lots of children going back to school after the lockdown, but there’s little joy on their faces; instead looks of stress and tension cloud their otherwise smiling young visages. “What’s happening?” I ask a youngster walking along with his mother. “He’s got his exams today,” says…
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.