Jesus and His Classmates..!
It was the annual parent’s teacher’s meeting at the local Jewish school. The teacher, a lady with a long, hooked nose, looked at the parents sitting in front of her, they were many and she wondered irritably how long it would take before she finished with all of them. “Next,”…
The Watch Thrown on the Floor..!
The watch on the floor looked broken. I had seen it being flung to the ground. It had taken but a moment, for the little child to take the watch from me and in one remorseless fling had thrown it into the air and I had watched it crash to…
I Was Wrong..!..!
“I’m sorry, I was wrong!” How very difficult to say these words! It is accurately said that it is easy to be an angel when nobody makes you angry, but there are enough people who will make you angry. We’re told that 19th Century German statesman Prince Otto von Bismarck…
Punishment for Whiners..!
How often I see many whispering about someone who has made a fortune, or done well or uses his talents of preaching, writing or speaking, with envy. “Oh,” we say, “He bribes people that’s why he’s rich!” “He’s a cheat!” “He’s a show off in front of the mike! But…
Position, Power, but NO People..!
He was the Bishop of the local churches and also Chairman of a charitable organization of which I was a board member. Pompous and plump, he quite enjoyed chairing the meeting, especially after the general secretary had fallen sick and he had the attention of everybody. We discussed matters at…
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.