Still Waters in an Angry Sea…!
Like the fabled Dick Wittington, who visited London expecting her streets to be paved with gold, I also, many decades ago, entered the city of Bombay, now Mumbai, expecting to set up a business from scratch and become a millionaire overnight. But those same streets, gold-less and cold, cruelly taunted…
New gods All Over..!
The choir sang, the people clapped, the youth smiled and the elderly trembled with anticipation. “What’s the excitement about?” asked the stranger who’d come to this church for the first time. “You don’t know?” asked a member of the church sitting next to him. “No!” said the stranger, “Tell me…
Just Abide With Me Lord…!
Over ten years ago, mentally beaten, bashed and bruised by members of my own faith who ran a religious magazine, and hounded by a lying editor, I sought comfort in the words of the hymn, “Abide with Me” Fickle are the affections of men and women. We feel so often…
The Earthworms were Laughing…!
The earthworms were laughing as I looked down at them, “What’s with the laughter?” I asked. “Where were you these past few days?” “Out of town!” I said, intentionally not mentioning where I’d gone as I thought it was not earthworm business, “Why do you ask?” “Because the birds you’ve…
The One Activity Club..!
’Twas last evening I got inspired to write this piece after a call from a member of a religious organization asking for my financial support for the one activity they have every year. We always look at the Parable of the Talents, and think of individuals, who do not make…
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.