Robert ClementsHe 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
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On silver sands on a beachfront a pair of reading glasses looked myopically at the sea. They belonged to me. I discovered they were missing only after reaching home. Couldn't find my spare pair either, nor the
For many years I had a weekly column which dealt with the origin of our English words! More often than not, we speak this wonderful language, without really checking from where some of the words originally orig
….to stretch the truth is to tell a lie..A man entered a dentists clinic and sat down to have his teeth fixed. I can feel a huge cavity with my tongue, he said. The dentist examined the mans teeth and said, I
Something that happens to many writers is to discuss a plot or story line, before theyve written it. The first thing that happens in such a discussion is that you have given the other person leave to shoot down
Make in India! We cry zealously from our rooftops and WhatsApp groups as national leaders spend precious time and tax payers money going from country to country wooing their industrialists to open their factori
A butcher is really surprised to see a dog coming inside his shop. He shoos him away. But later, the dog is back, so he goes over to the dog and notices it has a note in its mouth. It reads, Can I have 12 sausa
Whats that noise? my wife asked, one holiday, sitting at home.I listened. It was a low far off rumble, and as you listened it grew louder and louder and became increasingly deafening. And then enlightenment cam
A few years ago I was asked if Id teach the art of public speaking to some people from an economically poor background. That day, I looked at a motley set of people and as I began to speak my heart sank; they l
It was while visiting my old choir friends last month, I remembered this incident many years ago: Sing the solo Bob! the then conductor had asked me. No, I whispered, I just want to sit in the choir pew I
Over two decades ago I lay on a hospital bed with a near fatal illness. It was an airconditioned from and as soon as everybody left after putting me there, I scrambled onto my bed weakly, opened the windows and
What do I write about? I pondered aloud.Me! said the wife, That Im going to live sixteen months less because I married you!What utter rubbish, I said, your life span will increase with a partner like me!Read th
As I watch many startups crumbling, Ive realized quite often they all started with brilliant ideas then fell into the trap of borrowing and pumping in money instead of pumping in ideas as they went along.
It was during one of my visits to the village I heard a commotion, Whats happening? I asked as I walked out of my gate and saw Ramesh my neighbour and his old mother dancing on the road.Mothers a crorepati! sho
If youre waiting for a windfall, you may go to the grave waiting, because fortune favours the man or woman who plods and puts in hard work every day, and that work should become a joy to us, not a drudgery!Will
When my children were quite tiny I made a trip to New York to visit my parents, and when returning home decided I would fill my suitcases with gifts for my wife and children. So I went shopping.I stared at the
Seeing one of her neighbors children playing alone, a woman asked him where his brother was. Oh, he said, hes in the house playing a duet. I finished first. Too many people find themselves playing a duet alone.
One of my most vivid childhood memories and one I will always treasure is that of the awesome Nandi hills in the distance. I accepted those hills as part of my landscape and grew to love the evenings, when back
A couple of years ago while traveling in scenic Austria, I got down from the car and sat by the side of a mountain besides a flowing brook. It was no restful and peaceful and I was nearly lulled to sleep by the
Something I see so often in America and Europe as I travel through a city in the mornings is the owner of a business establishment opening his shop himself, cleaning the porch and dusting his furniture. There i
