The price of gold’s gone up, the cost of diamonds too So what do I get my beloved wife, 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…
Selling Your Soul to the Devil.!
There are many who sell their soul! They sell pure thoughts, their honesty, their beliefs in exchange for a favour, which reminds me of the legendary Dr Faust who in Goethe’s classic, sold his soul to the devil: Faust is bored and depressed with his life as a scholar. After…
Mr ‘Six Missed Balls’..!
It was the funniest scene in cricket I’d seen in a long time: A batsman swinging his bat and missing all six balls bowled to him! No it was not the IPL, nor a Ranji Trophy match, but a tournament in a housing colony where cricket had become the bonding…
Shortcuts..!
A few years ago, a missing Air India Dreamliner belly piece was found lying on the runway! One hundred and fifty passengers nearly faced death because of the sheer callous, negligent and reckless attitude of an engineer of the national airline, who, the newspapers say, instead of fastening the ‘belly…
The ‘Busy’ Organiser..!
It was during a talk I was giving, when halfway through, I saw the eyes of the whole audience move to the side of the hall. I looked and saw two priests in their white cassocks walking across. Immediately the organizers, followed by a retinue of other office bearers got…
Dare to be Ruthless and Compassionate..!
In my book DARE there is chapter on being both ruthless and compassionate, and I give the example of my teacher: Her name was Miss Bailey, she was English and she taught me in junior school. She cycled to school, on a beautiful bike crafted in England, and on entering…
My Grateful Thanks to You..!
One writes a book, envisages a gathering of maybe fifty friends and well-wishers at the launch, then waits with baited breath to see and hear their reactions about the book, but what I saw that day at the first launch of DARE in Mumbai ( first because God willing there…
Communal Bias..!
As I look at the division that’s being created by a particular party and that is taking our country by storm, and see the blatant disregard for people belonging to a particular community I felt it is time that we the educated and influencers realize and make a mission of…
DARE to Make an Ass of Yourself..!
Two days ago I was asked to be the Chief Guest and give the Valedictory Address to the students of a school in Mumbai who were passing out, and I decided to speak from my book DARE, which incidentally is being launched today. “Dare to Make an Ass of Yourself!”…
After Praying, Cut the Rope..!
A mountain climber desperate to conquer a mountain started his climb after years of preparation. Soon it got dark. Night fell. Visibility was zero. Everything was black. There was no moon, and the stars were covered by clouds. Suddenly he slipped and fell. He thought certainly he would die. But…
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.