Your Speaking Room..!
I lay in my bed, tears flowing down my cheeks, “Speak to me God!” I whispered. “Look around Bob!” said a voice in my head, “Your room speaks in words loud and clear! Look up at your ceiling!” I cleared my eyes looked at my ceiling and from its loftiness…
Help Light the Lamp Again..!
When I was young, most of us cycled, and the muscles of our legs provided us fuel to go all over, but towards night it became imperative to see the headlamps on our cycle were lit. Headlamps are a glorious term for what gave the light, it was actually an…
Knowing The Pain..!
“He refuses to pay!” said my friend shaking my shoulder. “Why?” I asked. “Says he doesn’t have the money!” “Maybe he doesn’t!” I whispered, “Let him be.” “Have you seen his car? It’s bigger than yours or mine,” said my friend. “Give him time,” I said softly, “having a car…
Carpenter Without A Pen..!
The doorbell rang and I opened the door. “Carpenter!” said the middle aged man holding a measuring tape. “You want to change your door?” “Yes,” I said, “Three doors!” I watched as he pulled out the tape and held it against the first door, then placed the same tape at…
A Broken Voice for Christmas..!
“Now that you’ve retired ma what do you plan to do?” asked her children as she came back from work the last day at the office. “Join a choir!” exclaimed the mother. “When your father passed on the Lord took over and I have a song to sing for the…
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.