Two nights ago, I was invited to a meeting of the All India Payam E Insaniyat Forum. As I listened to the speakers, I was deeply impressed by the wonderful work being done. There were reports of feeding the hungry, providing medical aid, supporting education, and reaching out to people…
Robert Clements is a journalist and newspaper columnist. With an estimated 6 million readership, his column, Bob’s Banter is published in over 30 newspapers and magazines in nearly every state in India, as well as in the top newspapers of Bangladesh, London and Dubai and is also translated into Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu.
Your Fallen Walls..!
“In all things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.” Romans 8:37 The world tells us that victory comes after the battle. God tells us that victory comes before it. That is what makes faith look so strange to those watching us. Imagine the Israelites standing before…
Pegasus and Temple Talk..!
The white bearded village chief and his bald-headed deputy stood at the edge of the village where nobody would overhear them. They had chosen the spot carefully because of Pegasus, the invisible flying horse. Nobody had actually seen Pegasus, but everybody knew he existed. Village gossip claimed he floated above…
Flooded Subway and Bullet Train Talk..!
Over thirty-five years ago, on a dark and stormy Bombay night, I took what seemed an innocent right turn into the Andheri Subway. It turned out to be a swimming pool. The rain was pouring down. Visibility was poor. Before I knew it, my faithful Fiat 118NE was floating where…
Disqualifying Rahul from Prime Ministership..!
Imagine a runner who has done well in the hundred metres. He has completed cross country races. He has survived marathons. He has trained for years. But when he arrives at the starting line of the four hundred metres, somebody stops him and says, “Sorry, you have never run this…
Of Mice and Men..!
“There is only so much work a mouse can do!” I nearly fell off my chair. First, because my computer mouse had spoken. Second, because it was rebelling. This was a dangerous development. If the mouse could unionise, what was stopping the keyboard from demanding annual leave? What if the…
Chaos and Corruption…!
The other day a close friend wrote to me. “Bob, if you don’t like India, why do you stay here?” A fair question. My answer was simple. “I stay because I love my country. I complain because I love my country.” If your child is sick, you don’t abandon the…
Exporting Our Fuel..!
In a room somewhere in the capital, a group of leaders sat around a large table and sincerely believed they had discovered a fuel they could export to the world. The chairman tapped the table. “Gentlemen,” he said, “for the last few months we have been worried about importing oil,…
Tale of Two Trees..!
Two trees stand outside my window. One is a peepul tree. The other, according to my gardener, is a junglee neem. This summer has been brutal. The sun has been behaving as if it has been personally offended by all forms of vegetation. The two trees suffered terribly. The peepul…
NEETly Corrupt..!
The NEET examination scandal has now reached a stage where reports suggest the Indian Air Force may be used to transport examination papers. Read that again. The Indian Air Force. Not to defend our skies. Not to monitor hostile aircraft. Not to protect our borders. But to carry examination papers…
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.