Win Life’s Battles..!
Life’s battles don’t always go, to the stronger or faster man, But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can! Many, many years back I learned something I will never forget. I learnt you can more or less get what you want from…
Rowing with Both Oars..!
Most of us spend a greater part of our lives worrying about things not going right. But did just worrying about a situation ever change anything? Did it make a child come home sooner? Or a test score higher? Did it put money in your pocket? Or a ring on…
Encouragers Who Will Clap and Cheer.!
A few years ago while giving a talk on ‘Public Speaking’ I noticed somebody in the audience nodding his head vigorously in agreement with all I had to say. I was pleased and a little later in the day when calling people to come up and speak turned to this…
Your Lil Room..!
“When I’m down and out, I get stuck in my room!” said my philosophical friend Sam. “Depression?” I asked, “It’s not a good thing!” “Who’s talking about depression,” said Sam as he took me into his room, “What does the ceiling tell you?” “Oh it speaks to you does it?”…
Finish Your Race..!
A sad plea I hear ever so often, especially from the old or sick: “Bob!, why does God want to prolong my life, can’t He take me away?” By 7 p.m. on October 20, 1968, at the Mexico City Olympics Stadium, it was beginning to darken. It had cooled down…


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.