A Solo for the Conductor..!
“Sing the solo Bob!” the choir conductor told me. “No,” I said. “But it’s your old church!” “That’s why I don’t want to sing a solo!” I whisper “I just want to sit in the choir pew I sat in many decades ago, and thank God, for being the God…
Breath Of God..!
It was my friend Shree who sent me this wonderful story, and I thank him for doing so. A few years ago in downtown Denver, my friend, Scott, and I saw something tiny and insignificant that changed the world, but no one else even seemed to notice. It was one…
Phone a Friend..!
“Phone a friend,” suggests Amitabh Bhachchan to the floundering person sitting opposite him in ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ and so often that friend is the desperately needed lifeline. In joy or in sorrow, we need the company of friends. Yes sometimes for a while we need to be alone, but just…
Are You an Idiot?
“Mother!” cried the little girl, “I don’t want to go to college anymore! The lecturer called me an idiot!” The mother left her cooking and walked over to where her daughter sat, “And are you one?” “I don’t know!” whispered the girl and the mother watched sadly as a tear…
Just Joy..!
I was pondering about joy this morning and realized with a start that my wish these days is not for faster car or bigger house, but joy in whatever situation I am in. I do remember the time when the next party, or big event, the next big excitement had…
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.