Nearly three decades ago, I fell sick with a near fatal illness. Terrified, one night I called a doctor friend, and told him, how serious I was and also read my levels out to him. I will never forget what he told me, “Bob,” he said, “They are only numbers….
Do Viruses or Bombs Frighten You?
Is there a sense of dread, fear or huge unease you feel right now? Listen to the couple who laughed while bombs fell around them… Click Here ***************************************** Would love to hear from you in the COMMENTS section below…and IF YOU WANT TO RECEIVE BOB’S BANTER EVERYDAY, PLEASE SEND YOUR…
Listening to Hear God’s Voice..!
A famous actor talks about the night he overheard his little daughter praying. He was surprised to hear her saying, “Dear God, now what can I do for you?” The actor was surprised, “How do you expect God to tell you what he wants?” asked the actor afterwards. “By listening…
Tackling the Chinese in Our Backyard..!
Today, the mood in India is to march to the border and slaughter those who killed our twenty brave men. And in the midst of this bristling rage, has come a call to ban all things Chinese! For most of us this means checking if a product is made in…
Say It With Class..!
The other day a friend of mine was telling me she didn’t much care for some of our Indian standup comedians because they were so crass, and I realized how true that is. Not just stand ups, but many of us cannot crack a joke or say something cutting without…
Separated..!
World lockdowns, and international flight shutdowns have impacted many families across the globe. Many husbands haven’t seen their wives for months, and some mothers and fathers, their children. I’m sure we all wonder how they’ve been coping with this unforeseen separation. Here, my daughter Varuna Clements Thalla, a former TV…
What Words Of Comfort Can You Give Them?
This morning just as I heard that someone I knew had passed away because of the deadly virus, I knew that many such deaths would start taking place and those who were left behind and grieving, needed our comfort and solace… What words of comfort can we give them? Click…
Reach Out to the Covid Hit People..!
As more people are falling sick to the stalking virus, I’m beginning to see that sadly a stigma is being cast on them and their families! Is the world actually so cruel? I remember the story of a kid in school, who was vaccinated with a painful injection in the…
This Lockdown, Overlook the Humps..!
Something that’s happening in this lockdown, is that family members, whether couples, siblings, or parents and children, are reacting to faults they are seeing in each other! Lockdown or no lockdown, many of us spend a lot of time scrutinizing other people, searching hard to discover faults in them. It’s…
Be Strong..!
My mother, God bless her soul, always told me I was well loved because I had three mothers! What she meant was that I was loved by not just her but also her two sisters, and I equally loved them back. The last of the sisters passed away a few…
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.