Have you reached a point where the only news you want to read is about the virus? How many it’s killed and how close it’s getting? Do you open your door and peer out, thinking it’s waiting outside to pounce on you and your family? Most people have reached this…
When the Coffee Is Over..!
With clouded face I hold the empty flask over my cup and pour, and watch the dregs come out. The coffee is over! It’s a huge flask that houses my coffee each morning I sit in my garden, and sip, reflect and ponder, enjoying the sound of woodpecker, sparrow and…
What Is Your Child Learning from You TODAY?
Some of the most remarkable stories from the Second World War, concern children during the wartime in England and what they learned from their parents! How their parents handled fear, their tempers, their leadership qualities at the time of crisis like food rationing and bombing and their reactions on seeing…
Earthquake and the Virus ..!
This happened a few years ago on a visit to San Francisco: The room shook one night. I could feel the tremor; I looked around, where was I supposed to run, or was I supposed to run? The room shook again and I ran to the doorpost and stood under…
You and Fake News..!
With all of us staying at home, with no idea what is happening outside, all sorts of news fills our WhatsApp and email inboxes! Most are convincing as with cleverly worked out facts and figures, nicely padded and parceled into believable packages, we accept it! And… …we forward it! What…
Dare to Persevere at this Time..!
Now? During the Coronavirus? Are you joking? No, I’m not! Because perseverance means succeeding because you’re determined to, not because you’re entitled to. Achievers don’t sit back and wait for success because they think the world ‘owes them’. Ask God for direction, then go forward and refuse to quit. You…
GOD SAVE US..!
Desperate men and women all over the world, look with stricken eyes at each other, the rich keeping a social distance and the poor, having no place to keep that luxurious space between. “God SAVE us!” people, the world over cry. And then hush, I hear my mother’s beautiful voice…
Love, During This Virus Time..!
Two members from my housing society have decided to lend a helping hand to those in the colony, the elderly, sick and differently abled who are finding it hard to manage in today’s lockdown. They have identified twelve such families and even as I write, they are going from house…
Make Loud Mistakes..!
A few years ago, I was invited to sing for a choir, for a concert they were practicing for! It was a whole new lot of choristers and very new music I was going through. I followed what I’d always done; sung out and in doing so made a mistake,…
Police, Beating Up People..!
I’ve been seeing videos of policemen thrashing men and women venturing out of their homes during curfew, beating them mercilessly with their lathis, and under the forward of one such video was a comment from the sender, “I support the police for this action!” I wanted to send a rejoinder…
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.