Only Remembered by What YOU Have Done..!
Only remembered, only remembered, Only remembered by what we have done; Thus would we pass from the earth and its toiling, Only remembered by what we have done. A friend of mine lost his father sometime back and asked me to write the obituary and place it in the local…
There’s A Story In the Crib: Tell It..!
It was reindeers and santas, Christmas trees and decorations, all in the month of November as I travelled through the Philippines a few years ago. The whole country was in a festive mood! Shops and malls lit up, discount sales and bargains, choirs singing carols, and old men employed as…
The Refiner’s Fire..!
A group of women were praying for one of their friends who though a spiritual and religious person was going through trying and difficult times. “Instead of feeling God’s comforting hand on me, I get the feeling God is pushing, shoving and hurting me!” she cried. The other women tried…
Know Your God..!
The problem with the new airport in Mumbai is that every time you visit, there’s been a change, and this time I drove up a ramp that was meant for VIP parking, to which I certainly didn’t belong to! “Sir, please go forward then reverse out!” said the attendant politely….
Sainthood, Self and Service..!
Suddenly its raining saints, with the Pope canonizing five men and women at one go and with India also having Mother Mariam Thresia Mankidiyan recognized as one! But I wonder how these worthy individuals would have reacted if they had known they were being canonized, “Cardinal Henry Newman how do…
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.