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…
Losing the Vote Bank..!
Nobody likes protests! Nobody likes his vehicle stopped on a highway for hours because protestors are protesting. It’s irritating. It’s a nuisance! But it’s democracy! Just as a government is allowed to pass laws, a democratic constitution gives citizens the right to protest against those same laws or against any…
Do You Have a ‘Niagara Syndrome’?
The man stood outside my home. He was a carpenter I’d called a few days back to repair my terrace door. “You didn’t come the day I called you,” I said, “The work was urgent, another carpenter did the job!” “That’s okay,” said the carpenter. “Aren’t you feeling bad you…
Remembering Gandhiji Today..!
Today as we remember the murder of the Father of our nation, my mind goes back to a drive through Kentucky when suddenly my eye was caught by miles and miles of stonewalls alongside the road, “Built by slaves!” said my brother and I stared at the walls. “Stop the…
Bill Gates and a Lowly Tile..!
“Amazing!” I exclaimed at what I was reading on a website, “Two-thirds of the world’s 946 billionaires made their fortunes from scratch, relying on grit and determination, and not good genes.” I read on, “Bill Gates was a dropout, who finally got his honorary degree from Harvard University in June,…
Only Remembered by What YOU Have Done..!
Only remembered, only remembered, Only remembered by what we have done; Thus would we pass from the earth and its toiling, Only remembered by what we have done. A friend of mine lost his father sometime back and asked me to write the obituary and place it in the local…
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.