The Lost Art of Small Talk..!
“Lovely weather we’re having, isn’t it?” There you go — I’ve just started a conversation that would have gone down well two decades ago. Today, if you try that line, the fellow beside you will either whip out his phone, pretend he’s late for a Zoom call, or worse, check…
Saying Sorry — And When Not To…!
Was walking past the living room in my daughter’s house when I heard a sweet voice from my granddaughter’s tablet singing, “If you hurt someone today, say you’re sorry right away!” I nodded approvingly. Yes, good manners. Good values. But do we need to say sorry all the time? And…
A Partnership Forged in Sweat…!
Something I remember so well in my days as a businessman was that whenever a business challenge arose, my exercising increased, be it jogging or lifting weights! I believed that to achieve my targets or beat the competition I needed to keep myself as fit as a gladiator sparring before…
The Cost of a Miracle..!
One Sunday the priest at church asked our congregation whether they had experienced God’s presence in their lives in the past week. One after the other, different members, young and old, got up and told the others, some with voices choked with emotion, how miracles had taken place through prayer….
Fear and The Mumbai Coastal Road..!
Many decades ago while in my teens I loved taking the double- decker bus from the city, run up the stairs to the upper deck, rush to the front seat, and enjoy a glorious ride to the Mumbai suburbs. As night set in, I would put the front glass pane…
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.