Reach the Unreachable Star..!
We all have a dream don’t we, something so lofty, so seemingly impossible that the world would laugh if they even knew what it is: But listen with me to the words of the ‘Impossible Dream’: sung by Don Quixote De La Mancha. To dream the impossible dream, To fight…
The Art of Being Bored..!
Something I remember with a smile is walking into my children’s rooms years ago, and seeing one or the other staring out of the window listlessly, “What’s up?” I would ask, and knew what they were going to say, as they yawned in my direction and said, “Daddy, I’m bored!”…
Choosing Good Friends..!
In my book, ‘DARE’ which should come out quite soon, I have a chapter, ‘Dare to Make and Keep Friends’, but today I’m not going to quote from my book but about choosing friends! As the old adage says, “A Man is known by the company he keeps” and so…
Scared of Rejection?
Most of us are scared of rejection, aren’t we? I remember years ago, when I worked as a salesman in my dad’s company. So, there were times when I nearly made a sale but the customer would say that he would call the next day and confirm the order. I…
Vikram’s Moon Landing..!
What did you think of our attempt to land on the moon? Disappointed? Or did you feel we are not big enough to attempt something so huge? I’m going to quote from my own book DARE, which is to be launched in a month. The chapter I’m quoting from is…
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.