The Beginning of Wisdom..!
As a schoolboy, I loved our morning school assembly because there was always a hymn to be sung and I loved singing, but as I sat and looked up, the words printed in elegant old fashioned script just above the stage, held my attention, “The Fear of the Lord,” it…
Precise, Coloured and Detailed..!
Something that saddens me no end, is how speakers, writers, preachers and so-called life coaches try to get by without in-depth knowledge and with just superficial rhetoric. Either it’s because of lack of facts, spreading ourselves thin with engagements or relying too much on voice and delivery to fool audiences…
Weary of Fighting?
It was at a crematorium, as the body was being prepared to be lit, that a friend leaned across to where I stood and asked, “You know I read your columns, don’t you feel frustrated fighting for causes that seem lost?” I watched the son going round the body of…
Clinging on to Ancestry…!
“My grandfather!” says a Christian, “Was a Brahmin before he converted!” “Yes, it’s the second time you’ve told me that!” I tell him pleasantly. “We even told our daughter this, so she can be proud of her heritage!” says his wife to me. “You should add that after your name!”…
Shepherds of the Flock..!
Something we need to understand is that every single individual has a right to be part of God’s fold. Unlike many other religions where outsiders are not allowed in, we have no outsiders. Every man, woman and child, black and yellow, red and white is a member of God’s fold….
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.