When YOU Give, God Gives YOU..!
Was reading the morning papers and was struck by a dramatic piece of news: Bill Gates with a fortune of over a 100 billion dollars, was still the second richest man in the world, even after having given away nearly half his fortune! Incredible isn’t it? A few days ago,…
The Excitement of Peace..!
Quite a contradiction isn’t it? How can peace ever be exciting? A few moments back, while pondering on what to write on, I felt something falling on my shoulder from a wall nearby, and as I looked to see whether someone had thrown a stone at me, I realized that…
Stepping Out In Faith..!
My favourite scene and one I call to mind whenever my faith is low, is of the fleeing Israelites crossing the Red Sea, using a path God has made for them through the treacherous waves! But before the sea parted Moses stood in front of the Red Sea. Just behind…
The Open Grave..!
’Twas an open grave I passed on my way out of the cemetery: Quite often gravediggers dig graves beforehand and keep them open and ready for the next body to come. But as I passed the grave, I heard a chuckle and shuddered, “I could be open for you!” said…
Suicide and an Anchor..!
As I read about the suicide of Café Coffee Day’s Siddhartha I realized that slowly but surely, suicides in the country were moving out of the agrarian domain and into other streams, as a deep frustration starts settling over people with falling businesses, falling marks, and failing marriages! I would…
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.
