Enjoying our Joy..!
My wife, a medical doctor, is quite strict about the sweets I’m allowed to have, and when she does give me permission, laughs as I take it, sit on my favourite rocking chair, take one bite at a time and relish the delicacy! “Why are you closing your eyes?” she…
No Fear of Death..!
One of the most powerful influences in my life was that of the late Dr Sam Kamaleson! I remember as a twelve-year old, sitting on mats which were provided to kids and listening to his powerful oratory, awed by both magnificent voice and his deep faith. As I grew older…
A Porsche and a Mercedes..!
It was a contest which offered a luxury sedan as a prize, and I thought, why not, wouldn’t mind getting one. Imagine my surprise when I opened the form and found the luxury car offered was the same model I was driving! I realized then that I was so busy…
Somebody who’s a Nobody..!
It’s one of the most impressive old structures among the heritage buildings along the sea front, looked after with total dedication by a tall Anglo- Indian gentleman with a booming voice. The building would have gone to the dogs if not for this one man. And yet I remember him…
Following Dad..!
It was the night before the New Year! The old man sighed as he watched his family sit together that night. He knew they would be leaving soon for the New Year dance, and he had also got his best suit pressed by the maid, so he would look good…
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.