Swabbing Without Sweeping..!
When our maid goes on leave during Ganpati, she usually gets a replacement and it was during one of those times, I found myself sneezing away to glory. The culprit is generally house dust, and I wondered where such dust could be springing from, till I gently nudged my big…
What’s Easy, What’s Difficult..!
How often we pray for an easy path, an easy life without problems and worries, but have we ever thought that so many of the difficult things we go through are what puts spice into our earthly lives? That what we consider difficult is meaningful? That what is difficult is…
Thankful, With a Grateful Heart..!
“How are you Bob?” asked a friend, and before he could say Jack Robinson, or it’s Asian equivalent I had poured out my complaints to him, and then he reminded me of a story I’d written about before and which I’m going to bring back today: A man raced down…
Choosing Good Friends..!
In my book, ‘DARE’ I have a chapter, ‘Dare to Make and Keep Friends’, but thought that today we could talk about choosing friends! As the old adage says, “A Man is known by the company he keeps” and so it is prudent to choose your friends wisely. Nearly twenty-…
The ‘Inner Shut Up’ Mechanism..!
Was leisurely walking behind a group of golfers on a golf course, when I heard a putter shout, “Shut Up!” I stopped startled, as startled and surprised as the others were. After all you don’t hear, such exclamations coming in the playing of such dignified a game do you? Maybe…
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.