When Mumbai’s municipal corporation asked Dia Mirza to speak about firecrackers and pollution, it probably thought it was doing something useful. But, Mumbai BJP chief Ameet Satam invoked tradition, the…
Last night, I watched the diyas outside homes, their little flames pushing back the darkness. No speeches. No publicity department. No enormous photograph of the person who had lit them….
“Why are you smiling?” asked a gentleman, looking at his neighbour with the suspicion normally reserved for someone carrying an unattended suitcase. “Have you seen the news?” His neighbour nodded….
The newspaper landed at my door with a thud. I thought something serious had happened to the government. It was just a heavy paper filled with ads. “Look at this…
“Why has my American friend lost?” asked the white bearded leader, looking up from the morning paper and staring at his bald deputy, “What do you think went wrong?” “If…
Author : Robert Clements
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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.