’Tis not often Liberty Island ferrymen and those that ply the Ellis island ferry around New York show agitation. “She was crying,” said a ferryman to his wife that night, “I swear I saw them tears roll down the Statue of Liberty’s cheeks!” “Oh, the poor thing!” cried his wife….
Just One Step Away..!
I love playing cricket, and even now am called down by the local Royal Blues team to play for them, especially when they have a player short. They tell me they love the four I pull over the bowler’s head and I laugh, because I know that that shot came…
Choosing Wealth, Success, or Love?
What would you choose today, wealth, success, or love? But before you answer, here’s a story for today, when we celebrate love! A woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. She said…
Being Stingy On Valentine’s Day..!
The price of gold has gone up, the cost of diamonds too So what do I get my beloved what is it I should do? I dare not get her clothes, they don’t seem to fit she says, I dare not get her gifts, they’re expensive these days. So what…
The Valentine Monument..!
The old government architect smiled to himself as he sat at the tea shop he frequented. His assistant who sat next to him though appeared a tad worried. “No more will people sneer at me and ask what have you built that people will remember you for!” he said with…
As The Crow Wrongly Flies..!
It was while looking through the window glass I saw the crow. He was looking directly at me, and I knew he wanted his feed. I opened the window to put his food on an upturned pot which served as his table, but he grew frightened with the swoosh of…
Yellow, Yellow, Jaundiced Fellow..!
A couple of years ago as a member of an international social organization the club had a problem in hand and a decision had to be made. The committee that met were divided on how to handle the issue and a vote was called for. Each member was asked for…
Let’s Go Fly A Kite..!
It was a week after the funeral. She had buried her hard working accountant husband, who had painstakingly worked from morn till sundown, risen from clerk to bank manager, sent two children to college and jobs abroad and with his income, given her a comfortable life style. It was a…
Turn their World Into Colour..!
“Would you like to see the pictures I clicked?” the old lady asked me as I sat at a restaurant in Chicago, where I had come to stay for a few days. I looked at her, she had been sitting alone at the next table and had waited for this…
A Toothache and a Sparkling Thankyou..!
It’s when I brush my teeth I think! Yes, that’s a bit strange isn’t it? But the comfortable feel of toothbrush bristles on my willing to be massaged teeth lull me into a relaxed state and that’s when ideas, thoughts and plots jump out of my mind, waiting to display…
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.