“Dad, we’re looking for the perfect man!” my daughters would sigh a few years ago, and I would smile and tell them there’s no such thing as finding a perfect match, “you create excellence in your relationship with your spouse by the process of give and take!” And to illustrate…
Fighting Recession Using ‘R’ Words..!
Like it not, Covid-19 is playing havoc with the world’s economy and there’s fears of the dreadful R word staring at you and me, and the first thing you or even I want to do is run away, rush off to hide or rid oneself of such morbid thought! Notice…
Putting Away Deceit..!
“…I am not bound to win, But I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, But I am bound to live up to the light I have I must stand with anybody that stands right, Stand with him while he is right, And part with him…
The Colours Of Holi..!
And as India soon erupts in colour, what a delightful scene it is! Reds and greens, blues and orange, yellows and browns, splashed, sprayed, squeezed, and suddenly joy and laughter erupting from town and village, city and nation, gully, street and highway! Yes, this year, Holi will certainly be subdued,…
Old Age, a Headlight of Love..!
The vet shakes his head as he looks at my old dog, Jeff, “He’s on his last legs!” he says and it is painful for me to hear that. “What can we do to make him comfortable?” whispers my wife, and is told of a waterbed, to look after his…
Bang! Bang! And Gun Control..!
‘Bang! Bang! Bang!’ Not once, not thrice either, but dozens of rounds, from a lethal AR-15 assault rifle! Not in the wilds of Africa or a barbaric area like the present Syria, but in Boulder, 45 kilometres from Denver, in the Unites States, purportedly the most civilized nation in the…
Teach Your Child to Fly ..!
As I drove to the airport that day, early this morning, my heart was heavy with sadness, I was going to say goodbye to my precious child and I drove in silence, “You okay dad?” she whispered, and I nodded, glad she couldn’t see the tears welling in my eyes,…
A Road Called Democracy..!
There are many who’ve tried to define democracy, and there are many definitions for the same, but when I think of democracy I think of a road. A road called Democracy, leading to one’s Utopia! It is a narrow road, but one on which we have to allow all others…
Mrs Kapoor’s Change of Heart..!.
“I am a very secular person!” announced Mrs Kapoor one day to the girls at home, who were her paying guests, “I don’t care if you are Punjabi or Bihari or South Indian!” And then she heard the noise. It was the sound of the door opening in the empty…
Loving Unconditionally..!
During Lent, a question asked frequently is, “Why would a God die on a cross for His people?” And then I have to explain what unconditional love is. Can we love someone too much? I know my God did, and that’s why His son died so that my sins could…
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.