Raise the Boat not the River…!
Have just seen the Falkirk Wheel today while driving through Scotland. The Falkirk Wheel opened in 2002 replaced a flight of 11 locks that once allowed boats from the Union Canal down to the level of the Forth & Clyde, more than 100 feet below. Once weary travellers had a…
Laugh and Pick Yourself Up..!
Very often I tell my students in public speaking and writing, that even if they fail to speak well at an event, or are rejected by newspapers, to keep trying till they are good at it. I bring in this example of what I saw: It was at the ice…
A Turnaround from A Bad Habit…!
As I keep hearing about a disgruntled Ajit Pawar who keeps backing the wrong horse and this time, landing up with just one seat in the Lok Sabha, I do remember though that he did motivate a man to do something right, and this was when a Maharashtra deputy chief…
Finding the Right Time and Place..!
Had been invited to speak at a book-launch and during the evening asked the new author when he planned to write another book, “I plan to take three months off, and go to some place quiet, where I am alone, and write!” he said. “Don’t take three months, take three…
Your Decisions Make You..!
“I’ve made many wrong decisions in my life,” said a famous person, “But I’m proud of every one of them, because I made a decision!” Life is all about making decisions isn’t it? So often we go through life hoping a problem will go away without making any decision, because…
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.