This morning as I walked Jeff, my now old German –Shepherd dog, a new neighbor, looked at it with a grimace on her face and to such people do I address today’s piece: I had been to my childhood home a few years back: A friend who came along, watched…
Learning to Lose Gracefully..!
Many of my close friends, are going to say, “Bob, we know times, when you’ve lost and were quite a bad loser!” Very true. I hate losing but something, I and many of us have to learn is how to lose gracefully! It’s a pretty competitive world today, but the…
The ‘Good Morning’ Housing Society..!
In a fictitious housing society very close to where I live, many sounds come out of the complex: Harsh words, screams, fists connecting with fists, connecting with shin and groin, and four letter expletives that shock the residents of other colonies who live nearby. But it was not always so….
Your Speaking Room..!
I lay in my bed, tears flowing down my cheeks, “Speak to me God!” I whispered. “Look around Bob!” said a voice in my head, “Your room speaks in words loud and clear! Look up at your ceiling!” I cleared my eyes looked at my ceiling and from its loftiness…
Help Light the Lamp Again..!
When I was young, most of us cycled, and the muscles of our legs provided us fuel to go all over, but towards night it became imperative to see the headlamps on our cycle were lit. Headlamps are a glorious term for what gave the light, it was actually an…
Slow Me Down, This Year..!
Happy New Year dear friends, my message to you today, is ‘Slow Down this Year!’ “What!” you exclaim. Strange message for the New Year, isn’t it? When all your resolutions are about getting things done this year, changing yourself and changing the world, what I have to offer as advice…
The Last Day of the Year
Today dear folks, is the last day of the year. First let’s start spending it in thankfulness! “Thankfulness,” you ask, “maybe bruised and battered, what’s there to be thankful for? Do you know how tough the year’s been for me?” I can imagine, and in no way am I trying…
Sex Sells..!
So you’ve started reading this article? Sorry it was just an experiment: Sex sells and I wanted to see how many would read seeing this headline; looks like you did! Yes sex sells: If you are appalled by the amount of rapes suddenly happening in our country, the shocking fact…
Knowing The Pain..!
“He refuses to pay!” said my friend shaking my shoulder. “Why?” I asked. “Says he doesn’t have the money!” “Maybe he doesn’t!” I whispered, “Let him be.” “Have you seen his car? It’s bigger than yours or mine,” said my friend. “Give him time,” I said softly, “having a car…
A Bloodied 2020..! BUT….
The Sentry at the Gate of Time, was worried. He had never seen such a crowd at the Gate of Time. Normally crowds welcomed the New Year with rejoicing and revelry, but as he looked at the gate, and saw the faces of the welcomers, he sniffed the smell of…
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.