Go Back to the Pavilion..!
The other day I heard a voice singing, it was that of a young girl. Her voice was melodious, her tone beautiful, plaintive yet resonating. I had heard about her from other singers, who had scoffed at her and said she could not hold a note, but that day as…
The Bottom Pincher..!
A man driving a car stopped at a signal and waited impatiently as the woman in the car in front, didn’t start immediately when the signal turned green. He started screaming and beating his fist on the steering wheel! A policeman tapped on his windshield and told him to step…
Experience Silence and Feel Alive..!
The other day when I went onto the treadmill, I was asked why I didn’t play music while exercising and realized quite often I prefer silence! The world today hates silence: In fact, I’m beginning to think, people are scared of silence. There was a time I traveled by the…
Happy Birthday Dear People..!
“So Bob, Happy Birthday!” “It’s your birthday Lord not mine. Tis Christmas!” “It’s yours Bob! I came that you could be born again into a life, where I would be the centre, and so it’s your birthday, we celebrate today!” “But Lord, look at those angels singing, those shepherds round…
The Uncanny Tale of Two Pipe Organs..!
Yesterday as I sat at the Tata Theatre and heard enchanting music from the pipe organ played by young Avinash Grubb, I thought of another pipe organ: It was one of the most beautiful and stately pipe organs I had ever seen. It’s musical pipes rose high and nearly went…
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.