Escaping the IT, ED and Police..!
Second, to my love of writing is that of public speaking, and I was quite happy when the Madras Rotary which is supposedly the oldest club in India, offered to fly me down to Chennai to address them. “What would you like to speak on?” they asked politely, and I…
Stop Being A Crab..!
Quite often we are likened to crabs who pull each other down whenever one tries to escape from the box it is being held captive in. In 1936, American Jesse Owens seemed sure to win the long-jump competition at the Olympic games. The previous year he had jumped 26 feet,…
Hot as Hell..!
“How’s the heat in Bombay, Bob?” asks a friend. “Hot as hell!” I say, wiping the sweat flowing down my brow, then ask myself, “What do I know of hell, that I can compare the heat around me with the fiery furnace below?” At the moment nothing, and hopefully won’t…
The Trust Factor in Negotiations..!
Was intrigued the other day to hear that someone was going to speak on how to negotiate to win. I decided to attend: The speaker was articulate, but as he went on, I realized his methods involved using a clever head and not a compassionate heart. As I listened, I…
Stop Lying, It’s Bad Business..!
Lying isn’t good for business, or whatever else you are doing? In this fast paced, successful world we need to tell people that good old honesty is still the best policy. That one can still be counted a success if one believes in such old fashioned moralistic ideology. As India…
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.