This morning I removed the cushion on my seat and suddenly the view outside my window was glorious. Till then, I had been looking down from my perch at barren land, rubbish strewn all over, and goats, dogs and cats picking up whatever leftovers, inhuman humans, had thrown out through…
Mahakali Caves Tell A Tale..!
I visited the Mahakali Caves, in Andheri East, Mumbai. They are over two thousand years old. I imagined instead of car and auto, I could hear the steady ring of stone hammer on copper chisel, digging into basalt? Tap. Tap. Tap. Steadfastly, surely, skillfully, precise blow on blow, hammers, chips,…
Silence Speaks Sometimes..!
Was called as a guest speaker for a meeting the other day, answered a few questions after my talk and was sitting down, when the vote of thanks was given. I settled down to hear the normal thanks to the speaker, the caterer, the photographer and everybody else around when…
Have You Ever Been Falsely Accused?
It’s a message I’ve just received from a dear reader that makes me write on being falsely accused. The message I received was, “Bob, can I have a small story to comfort a friend of mine who has been falsely accused in public?” “Do I have a story?” “Do you…
Get To Know Your Enemy..!
In any book on warfare, such a title means, to get to know your enemy to realise his or her weaknesses to finally beat them, but yesterday, while doing my reading of the Holy Scriptures, I came across this verse saying, “Love your enemies!” Which made me think, that this…
Nappy Changing and the Paternity Bill..!
My young neighbour Kumar, whose wife is expecting a baby, rode in the lift with me to the car park below, “How’s the wife?” I asked pleasantly. “Very excited!” said Kumar mournfully. “Something worrying you?” I asked, “I know the name of a very good gynecologist!” “Did you hear they…
Creating History through Fiction..!
In my very vivid imagination, I saw the wife bouncing into my study, “There’s some government officials to see you!” she said. I wandered into my sitting room, and watched as the two men rose and extended their hands in my direction, “We are honoured to have you on board…
Freedom to Scratch..!
The heat has suddenly become worse in the city but worse than we humans, its animals who suffer most. But my dog prefers the heat than coming into my air-conditioned room from where I write. Not that he isn’t reacting to the heat, he is. I know he finds it…
DARE Make the Impossible, Possible..!
This isn’t from my book DARE but could well be one of the chapters of DARE TWO! Many times I meet people who tell me why something can’t be done. When given a suggestion, they make a list of problems, and tell you it’s a good idea, but it’s not…
Nobody Saw Him Fall..!
He fell! He hadn’t seen the paver block sticking out, uneven, arrogant, catching his worn out, treadles soles and throwing him forward with a lurch. He lay quietly, waiting for arms he knew would come to help him up. But there were none. He thought of friends, men and women…
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.