It was just the other day I was really enjoying the morning, looking at the different greens, imbibing the monsoon smells of rain filled earth, when the gardener beckoned me, and handed a flower which had the most exquisite smell. I kept it with me and continued enjoying the fragrance….
The Beginning of Wisdom..!
As a schoolboy, I loved our morning school assembly because there was always a hymn to be sung and I loved singing, but as I sat and looked up, the words printed in elegant old fashioned script just above the stage, held my attention, “The Fear of the Lord,” it…
Quotations and Butter Chicken..!
The watchman at the door gave me a smart salute and handed me a piece of paper to sign. ‘There is a managing committee meeting in the society office sir,’ he said. ‘What’s the emergency?’ I asked. ‘We have to choose a painting contractor, said the chairman, ‘to paint our buildings….
Love or Hate, You Decide…!
Say what you want, but I feel there’s something that’s slowly making an impact on India, one that is making the ruling party afraid, and that is love! Yes, Rahul Gandhi, instead of returning bitter speech with anger, is using the greatest tool man can ever use, love: Hugging the…
Find Out Before Doing..!
As I see the stupid flyover rebuilt in Andheri, in Mumbai, which is six feet higher than one of the arms leading to Juhu, and hear the ridicule the government has to face over it, I am also reminded of the time a few years ago when air-conditioned local trains…
Handling Angry Words..!
“Miss,” says the little fellow running after his class teacher, “He called me a bad word!” The wise teacher looks at her young student, “And what did you do to provoke him to say that?” No, I’m not defending the boy or girl who said an ugly word, but very…
Ransomware and the Postman..!
All over the world people look at their computer screens waiting for Ransomware or some cyber terrorware to pop out and devour them and their computers. In a home one evening, a father looked at his two children and sighed, “I guess we’ll have to go back to the postmen…
Precise, Coloured and Detailed..!
Something that saddens me no end, is how speakers, writers, preachers and so-called life coaches try to get by without in-depth knowledge and with just superficial rhetoric. Either it’s because of lack of facts, spreading ourselves thin with engagements or relying too much on voice and delivery to fool audiences…
No Fancy Fittings Sir..!
This is a continuation of yesterday’s story where a super deluxe hotel room, with a bathroom with fancy fittings, alas, did not have hot water…. And then in my mind I walk to the room which is not a ‘super deluxe room’ and go directly into the bathroom. The taps…
No Hot Water Sir..!
Went out of the city two days ago, and as I entered the fancy hotel where I was put up, I was told by the manager, “Sir, you have been given a super deluxe room!” “Thank you,” I said, quite impressed by the way the ‘super’ was stressed by the…
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.