The Man on the Empty Bench..!
When Ashton my grandson pointed out the empty bench while we were on the quaint train near the Poconos mountains, I could not help wondering about the countless stories it must have held. And today I decided I would tell the twins just one. Not an old couple waving at…
Raise a Toast to Trouble…!
He turned in bed and saw her silhouette against the dark. His wife, the psychologist, sat up, head bowed, thoughts heavy. “Something wrong?” he whispered. “Yes,” she sighed, “How do we get the money to send our daughter abroad for her studies?” In the darkness, he reached for courage, not…
Andy the Ant..!
“Humans,” sighed Andy the little Ant, flattening himself against a cracked tile, “have only one purpose in life: to kill us!” His mother, veteran of many a kitchen swabbing raid and the Great Pest Control Genocide of 2025, didn’t flinch. She calmly adjusted her feelers and said, “Come, Andy. Climb…
Spreading Myself Thick..!
Now that I’ve crossed the seven seas and a bit of turbulence to visit my children and grandchildren in the US, a strange thought tiptoes into my head: “How thin can I spread myself?” You see, the trip’s not just a ‘grandpa popping in for hugs and gifts’ routine. No…
Is Your Life Worth Keeping?
The Reader’s Digest had a story that’s stayed on my mind. Not because it was dramatic, or tear-jerking, or filled with grand revelations, but because it was simple, painfully true, and quietly powerful. It was about a man who was tired of his job. Tired of the routine, the pressure, the monotony….
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.