So many of us go through life taking on responsibilities in which we are looked upon as super moms, or super dads, or super human beings. Here’s a lovely incident by a widower for such as you: ‘Alone, at the dining room table, I sat in tears: I was a…
Handling Negative People..!
With all the serious posts I’ve been posting, thought some advice with a dash of humour thrown in would help today: So here in a lighter vein is one such incident of how a negative person was handled: Remember this story the next time someone who knows nothing, and cares…
From Cowards to Courageous Men..!
Like lots of us, for many, many years I was skeptical about my own religion, and followed it because I was born into it. One day about three decades back, while reading about events that happened around the crucifixion of Christ, I found that most of the followers of Jesus…
Today’s a Fatal Saturday..!
Quietly, silently, stealthily the virus waits, outside our gates, waiting for one false move, of one pair of hands not washed with soap and water, waiting for one allowance of infected person entering, but till then it waits outside, pretending sleep, waiting for that chance, that opportunity, when it can…
The Cross and a Coronavirus Celebration..!
Jesus! There He is, stretched out on the cross! Wicked nails protruding from ripped hands and feet. Rough splinters from the wood of the cross rubbing against a back with no skin on it; removed by severe lashes Roman soldiers so freely had given him. His head dripping from the…
A Hug For Luck..!
He sat in his room, an old man. The pain was killing him, his arthritis was getting worse and as he looked at the faded pictures adorning his walls of children far away, his heart ached. Suddenly, the doorbell rang. She stood outside the door of his flat, “I’m Diana’s…
Did YOU Just Buy A Cheap Car?
“Our engineers burned the midnight oil to produce this car,” said the MD as he showed me into his factory in the outskirts of the city, “and after this lockdown, this is just the car for your highly strained pocket!” “And this car will cost less than a lakh?” I…
The Cleanest Station Award..!
This happened before de Corona came a visitin’! The station master of the local suburban station came and stood near me, “There’s an award for the best kept station,” he said spitting a wad of betel nut onto the platform. “Interesting,” I said, as I watched the red juice flow…
How To Win With Your Voice During this Virus Time..!
Are you working from home, using the telephone and text messaging? Try using the phone instead! Why? Well, many, many years ago crowds gathered outside a radio station in Mumbai after a particular program. The reason? They all wanted to have a glimpse of the girl who hosted the show….
Has the Coronavirus Got to You?
Have you reached a point where the only news you want to read is about the virus? How many it’s killed and how close it’s getting? Do you open your door and peer out, thinking it’s waiting outside to pounce on you and your family? Most people have reached this…
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.