It was a close friend who sent me this wonderful story, and I thank him for doing so: ‘A few years ago in downtown Denver, my friend, Scott, and I saw something tiny and insignificant that changed our world. We decided to walk the ten blocks to an outdoor restaurant…
Decide, Just Decide..!
Very often we go through life hoping a problem will go away without making any decision, because we are scared of doing the wrong thing. But I do feel that even a wrong decision is better than not deciding at all. There is this little joke about a little girl…
Are We Good Representatives?
My old house is going through much needed repairs and quite a mess, as workers move in and out and the already polluted air is extra laden with cement particles. Not the easiest living for anybody, and more so for a writer who expects peace and comfort all the time….
The Liquor Cabinet..!
A friend of mine sent me a forward today, purely in jest I think, which got me thinking. It went like this, ‘When someone asks, ‘Where is your festive spirit?’ … Is it wrong to point to the liquor cabinet?’ I felt sad, that the true meaning of the festival…
Real Beauty is Inside..!
Real beauty, is not what you see outside, but real beauty is inside as this story related by a lady shows: ‘Our house was directly across Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. We lived downstairs and rented the upstairs rooms to outpatients at the clinic. One summer evening as I was…
Explore and Discover..!
At the age of seventy-five my father was a computer wizard. In fact I remember so well dad teaching me the basics of the machine and its technology. He was a man who never slipped into a mode of ‘so much and no farther.’ He always wanted to experiment and…
Repairing the Crack In Your Flute..!
Somewhere in my youth, I was called to play the flute at a grand function. To my surprise the desired music did not come from the pipe. The sounds that came out were shrill and sharp wails. I looked closer at the beautiful flute and discovered it had developed a…
Someone Tougher Than Me..!
With Christmas cleaning going on, which includes much needed house repairs, I decided to go through some of the many books I had and right down the pile was Robert Schuller’s book, “Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do!” I knew there was something in the book that had…
Carry the People with You..!
Just a few weeks ago, Chinese Prime Minister Xi, managed to get unlimited powers from the members of the party he belonged to. Today, he fights rage and anger, causing unprecedented riots all over China! Obviously, members of his party don’t have the backing of the people, which means he…
The Old Man on the Rocking Chair ..!
It was the silver wedding anniversary celebrations of a Punjabi couple I went for. As I watched them both, I realized how much the husband relied on his wife. I walked to the bar and as usual the men folk were gathered around their drinks and there was laugher as…
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.