Tell it like it is….!
Most of us are happy being cultural followers of our religion, and for the most part we get upset with another community when they belittle our religion, not because of any spiritual reason but because we feel we have been disrespected. I know many who have no belief in God,…
A Time to Sow.!
This is not a time to crow. Though the galvanising of thought and ideas were hugely successful, though the Constitution of the country has been saved, yet it is not a time to crow over one’s victory. There were many who dreamt of a Rajya that would be of one…
The Heat, It’s Killing Me..!
Hot, isn’t it? “The heat it’s killing me!” you grumble from your airconditioned room, and then the doorbell rings. You open the door, and see your garbage collector or maid or driver or maybe the watchman, “What?” you ask angrily as the blast of hot air hits you. You look…
He’s Waiting..!
On a visit to New York, while doing my morning quick walk along the East River in Manhattan one morning, watching fancy boats cruising down, the water gently flirting with the riverbank, and on the other side, fast cars swishing down roads at breakneck speed, when I saw ahead of…
First be Faithful with Small Responsibilities..!
Ten years ago I sat on the board of a religious magazine, where a priest was the treasurer. I found he had signed eighty-seven blank checks and left them in the trust office. Doing that he felt he did not need to travel all the way to the trust office…
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.