Heaven with Bach and Shakespeare..!
Tears of ecstasy rolled down my cheeks as I listened to Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and as the choir thundered in German, ‘Deine Zauber binden wieder, Was die Mode streng geteilt. I sang along, ‘Alle Menschen werden Brüder, Wo dein sanfter Flügel weilt!’ The music slowly stopped, but tears kept flowing,…
Walking or Treadmilling..!
“It’s raining in January!” said my treadmill with a black disgruntled look. “So?” “Why did you go for a walk in the rains, you could have used me instead!” “What could you have offered me, “I asked, “that is better than my walk outside? Could you have offered me the…
Enjoy Your Joy..!
My wife, a medical doctor, is quite strict about the sweets I am allowed to have, and when she does give me permission, laughs as I take it, sit on my favourite rocking chair, and relish the delicacy! “Why are you closing your eyes?” she asks chuckling away. “Because I…
Peace in an Art Gallery?
In a doctor’s clinic a worried patient lay on the doctor’s couch, “What you need,” said the psychiatrist, “is to get away to a peaceful place, where you can enjoy beauty for awhile, like a…” “An art gallery?” asked his patient. “A what?” exclaimed the doctor. “A roomful of exquisite…
Take The Day Off..!
One of the first jobs I worked at was as a salesman in my father’s company. Sales is a tough line if ever there is one, but the advantage I had was having my father as a boss. It was like an athlete having a personal coach, for that was…
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.