“… do not worry beforehand about what you are to say, but say whatever is given to you at that time; for you are not the ones speaking, but it is the Holy Spirit…” Mark 13 vs 11 The young sardar who was driving the car, taking me from…
Like Rahul, Ignore the Boos..!
The stock markets are getting shaky! All because one man who has been continuously booed is causing supposedly invincible opponents to start looking worried! Rahul Gandhi, for nearly a decade he has been joked about, lampooned, ridiculed and booed by the prime minister and the ruling party, but suddenly the whole nation is looking…
They Don’t Know it All…!
While running my dad’s interior designing firm many years ago, I was called to the house of a potential customer who wanted to do up his place. I sat with a design book in hand and waited to begin my presentation about the type of interior we could design for…
No Hammer Test Needed Sir..!
There was a knock on my door. Outside I found two busy looking individuals, “We are engineers, we’ve come to do a structural audit of your flat sir!” said one of them. “That’s wonderful!” I said, “Please check all the beams and pillars and see whether these old walls are…
Become a Bold Woman..!
Even as we discussed the Karnataka rapes yesterday and how women are being made to look weak because of insecure men, begs the question, should women wait for men to become confident, before they can walk into spaces which traditionally men have occupied? “We can’t wait anymore for our insecure…
Shocked by the Karnataka Rapes?
This is not about one woman shouting ‘rape’ but hundreds coming out and screaming of the atrocities by the Deva Gowda family! Ever wondered where it started? Well, not in the politician’s home or through his upbringing but in our collective, national feeling about women. Instead of empowering women, by…
No Passion, No Victory..!
A few years back many learned pundits tried to analyse and find out why Hillary Clinton lost the election when she stood against Trump. Just before the results, every exit poll, news channel and publication predicted she would win. But she lost! I was in the US when two of…
Here Am I, Send Me..!
My grandfather, nearly a hundred years ago, a Professor of English Literature in an established college, was tipped off to become the first Indian principal of that college, when he answered God’s call to become a missionary, with these words on his lips, “Here I am Lord, send me!” And…
Biden’s Temple..!
As polls come nearer, the temple or mosque issue starts becoming louder. I wondered what if American President Biden does the same when he stands for President again? “President Biden, America is in a financial crisis, what are the methods you plan to bail the country’s economy?” “I have plans…
Worn Hands and a Wedding Ring..!
So often our success is because of the hard work of a mother, father, elder brother or sister, or a wife or husband. Sometimes we forget, and tell the world we are self-made people, but today on her birthday I remembered my late mother’s wedding ring: It was worn out,…
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.