Republic Day and the Bible..!
Today, on Republic Day, we celebrate the acceptance of the Constitution of India by the people of India over seventy years ago. It is because of this Constitution that no majority can bully a minority, no one religion can be thrust on another, and that citizens have freedom! It is…
The Costs Involved…!
Very often I come across people who love to be followers of the powerful. They don’t crave position or post, but love being seen around politicians or the rich, and gain their popularity by just being followers. Jesus too had many who wanted to be His followers. In the Gospel…
Solomon, Wisdom and Terrible Consequences..!
Yesterday I had written about Chief Justice Chandrachud and his tryst with faith and prayer over a judgement he made. I had brought in King Solomon as an example of a person in power who had asked God for wisdom, and had used that same wisdom in memorable judgements. I…
Popular, or Strong Leadership..!
What is missing today in our nation, in churches and those who hold public office, are strong leaders. We have replaced strong leadership with popular figures, mistakenly thinking that they are strong leaders. How wrong we are, because a strong leader is hardly ever popular. Strength is not seen when…
Mayday! My Ship’s Run Aground..!
‘Ahoy! Ship aground!’ I nearly shouted, as a couple of years ago while driving down near Worli Sea face in Mumbai, my wife and I saw the strangest of sights; just a couple of hundred feet away from us, loomed a ship, huge and gigantic. There was something awesome, though…
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.