Ever so often I watch my two daughters and I realise how different their relationship is from that of two brothers, and it was when I went through this little article I realized what depth could be the love between sisters: A young wife sat on a sofa on a…
The Joy of Work..!
If you’re waiting for a windfall, you may go to the grave waiting, because fortune favours the man or woman who plods and puts in hard work every day, and that work should become a joy to us, not a drudgery! William Feather, publisher and author, said: “In the hundred-yard…
Coffee Without Karan..!
When my children were quite tiny I made a trip to New York to visit my parents, and when returning home decided I would fill my suitcases with gifts for my wife and children. So I went shopping. I stared at the amazing stuff being sold in the stores and…
The Suit Of Power..!
As I read about the Moderator of the Church of North India, now in jail, I remember another organization he had headed and how I had to come to the rescue of a young priest whose career the general secretary was trying to destroy. How quickly, we forget the God…
Opportunity at Our Feet..!
There are many of us who sigh and wish opportunities would come by. Lecturer Charles Hobbs talks about a woman who lived in London over a century ago. She saved what little money she could working as a scullery maid and used it one evening to hear a great speaker…
Unhappy with Your Looks?
There are many who are not happy with our looks and here’s a true story related by someone who went in for surgery: ‘The plastic surgeon, a good fifteen years my senior, was a very attractive man. “Hmmm,” he said quietly. “Are you a model?” “Is he kidding?” I asked…
Seeing Without Eyes..!
“Watch out!” I shouted at the man, as he nearly walked into my parked car. “Can’t you see where you’re going?” I asked. “No,” he said, “I’m blind.” I walked upto him and took his hand in mine, I was glad he could not see the tears in my eyes…
Another Dad in The Hills..!
One of my most vivid childhood memories and one I will always treasure is that of the awesome Nandi hills in the distance. I accepted those hills as part of my landscape and grew to love the evenings, when back from school, studying subjects I couldn’t staunch, I gazed at…
Accepting Our Differences..!
Was quite piqued, my friend did not understand the logic of my point, in the argument he and I had got into, “It’s so simple!” I said exasperatedly, “I can’t figure why you can’t see it as plainly as I do!” A third friend with us said wisely, “Bob, if…
The Joy of Entrepreneurship..!
Have been an entrepreneur most of my life, yes, even now as a newspaper columnist and writer I’m one, because what I write has to be sellable, by being readable for my readers. But what is the power this wonderful adrenaline seeking addiction of entrepreneurship have over us? And addiction…
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.