Coffee or Coffee Cup..!
When my children were quite tiny, I made a trip to New York to visit my parents, and when returning decided I would fill my suitcases with gifts for them and also my wife. I stared at the amazing stuff being sold in the stores and was dazzled by the…
Young Bosses..!
The man walking next to me pushed himself as he walked faster and faster. “Hey, “I said, “What are you trying to win? The marathon?” “I need to keep myself physically fit,” he puffed. “You are,” I said, “but why this extra effort? You aren’t going to get any younger.”…
Sir Covid-19 and George Washington..!
There’s something strange about Sir Covid; he’s laying low both the poor and rich for opposite reasons. The poor, because they want to work and have to go out of the safety of their homes to do so, and the not so poor because they don’t want to work while…
The Tattoo of a Winner..!
Each one of us is born to win, right? Not born to lose! I like this story by Norman Vincent Peale: ‘Once walking through the twisted little streets of Kowloon in Hong Kong, I came across a tattoo studio. In the window were displayed samples of the tattoos available. On…
How Big is Your Bag of Smelly Vadas?
Years ago, younger and less wiser, I loved warning people that I never forgave and remembered every insult throughout my life and would have my revenge for every provocative incident done to me. Then I read this story which changed my attitude and taught me to forgive: A kindergarten teacher…
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.