Today is Palm Sunday; when many years ago, men and women lined the streets of Jerusalem, waving palm leaves and shouting ‘hosanna’, as Jesus rode in on a donkey. It was five days before he would be crucified on the cross; a few days before he would stare down at…
Veto the Bullies Veto..!
It’s time the veto was vetoed! Where else but in the United Nations do you have a few nations with power to tell the world that black is white? That’s exactly what the veto does. Instead of having a democratic equality a veto gives power to a huge bully to…
You Need This Magic Ring..!
Very often I see people adding one more alphabet to their name, or some other such thing, but here’s a magic inscription you should write on your ring, and it will do wonders for you! One day, a king decided to humble his most trusted minister. He told the minister,…
Shared Tears for Ukraine and Others..!
……….The compassion that you see in the kindhearted is God’s compassion: he has given it to them to protect the helpless……… …… Sri Ramakrishna. As I hear about the deaths due to bombings in Ukraine my heart goes out to the suffering families and yet I know there is more…
Shame..!
Was listening with tears in my eyes to a powerful talk by Monica Lewinsky! (Snigger! Chuckle! Giggle! Laugh aloud!) I know what images it conjures to your mind; a fallen woman, a slut, whore, home breaker! But even as you utter such in your mind, even as the world shouted…
Friendships are For Always..!
How do you handle a reunion, either school or college? Where one finds friends one hasn’t met in years, many who were very close, some unfortunately haven’t done as well as the others, and an awkward period of readjustments follow. But should there be these new adjustments? Can’t a relationship…
Build Trust In Others…!
Every day on opening my email I find kindly souls from Africa and now even India offering me vast sums of money if I hide the wealth some dictator has siphoned out of their country or that I’ve won a lottery. I’ve learned from the Internet that I also have…
Will Smith and the Second Thief..!
Will Smith whose resounding crack echoed into all our living rooms, as it nearly broke Chris Rock’s jaw, finally repented. He said, he had betrayed the trust of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and that his conduct was shocking, painful and inexcusable! “I am heartbroken!” he cried….
An Old Burnt Tire..!
People who come up to my garden wonder why I keep an old tire on which I’ve made a seat. Ah well, there’s a tale everywhere isn’t there? It happened some years ago, and I must say that watching your car going up in flames isn’t a pretty sight, and…
Do A Self Appraisal..!
A few of us go through life, thinking we are God’s gift to mankind or is it woman kind? We strut around, swagger and feel we are indispensable to home or company. “What would my family ever do without me?” we wonder, little realizing they could manage pretty well without…
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.