“Excuse me,” said the caterpillar, “but I think there has been some mistake in my appointment letter!” “What appointment letter?” I asked. “The one saying I am going to fly!…
“Who put these two reports together?” I asked, staring at the front page of yesterday’s national daily. “A subeditor,” said my neighbour. “Give him an award!” “For journalism?” “For making…
“You pay your driver how much?” asked my neighbour, looking as though I had just announced I was financing his daughter’s wedding. “A little more than the usual.” “Why?” “Because…
“Be gentle!” whispered his boss. The policeman looked puzzled. “With whom, sir?” “The protesters!” “Ah,” said the policeman, adjusting his baton. “Special instructions!” And there, dear reader, lies the problem….
“Restrained, Detained, Contained!” I read aloud, admiring the newspaper headline. “Rats?” asked my neighbour. “Young protesters!” “Oh,” he said. “For a moment I thought the municipal pest control department had…
Author : Robert Clements
Course by Robert Clements
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.