It was a week after the funeral. She had buried her hard working accountant husband, who had painstakingly worked from morn till sundown, risen from clerk to bank manager, sent two children to college and jobs abroad and with his income, given her a comfortable life style. It was a…
Turn their World Into Colour..!
“Would you like to see the pictures I clicked?” the old lady asked me as I sat at a restaurant in Chicago, where I had come to stay for a few days. I looked at her, she had been sitting alone at the next table and had waited for this…
A Toothache and a Sparkling Thankyou..!
It’s when I brush my teeth I think! Yes, that’s a bit strange isn’t it? But the comfortable feel of toothbrush bristles on my willing to be massaged teeth lull me into a relaxed state and that’s when ideas, thoughts and plots jump out of my mind, waiting to display…
As Tall as the Mountains..!
Just a few years ago while travelling through New Zealand, I penned my thoughts as I stared with awe at glaciers, rivers and lakes, glowworm caves, all of virgin beauty I’d never seen before. Birds hopped nearby, unafraid, squirrels romped around, all knowing no fear, as they had no predators…
Crumbs Under the Table..!
Are you eating crumbs falling under the table? Right next to where I write this column everyday, I have a large window, and am visited most all the time by a host of different birds and many squirrels. They come and sit on my windowsill, some stare fearlessly as I…
The Masks are Off..!
Initially, as news of the horrible virus spread, terrified people hurried for flimsy masks available at stores, rummaged for thicker, longer ones the shopkeeper said, would keep them safe not just from the virus but from any ailment under the sun, and settled for those Batman and Phantom would have…
Don’t Hold My Hand..!
She was over eighty, and not too sure of her steps as she fumbled to find the bannister railing, when the shopkeeper came running and extended his hand, “No thank you!” she said gruffly, and then looked at me, as I had suddenly turned and found she wasn’t next to…
Outdoors Clean, Indore Filth..!
“We are ranked first as the cleanest city in India!” muttered some municipal boss to his subordinate in the city of Indore. “Yes sir,” the employee whispered back, “four years running!” “But to keep the award, we have to be vigilant,” continued his boss, “I have been going up and…
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.