This morning I received a video from Orissa of a church group who were stopped from worshipping by a police group. I watched as the church service was stopped by the police and the priest dragged to the police station. He was let off later, because the only reason he…
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.
When I’m Wrong..!
It is accurately said that it is easy to be an angel when nobody ruffles your feathers. But it seems that feather rufflers will always be around. We’re told that 19th Century German statesman Prince Otto von Bismarck once became so incensed at the criticism of a professor, that he…
Long Wait to the Moon..!
The Man in the Moon looked at his wife as she stopped gazing at Earth and stared at him, “What?” he asked, because women whether they were from Earth or Moon, or even from Venus, always had a question on their minds when they gave their men that look, and…
What Would You Like to Hear?
Yesterday I heard a friend of mine, appealing to others in a group to donate towards those who needed food, clothing and shelter in Manipur. Even as I heard his appeal, and saw his sincere efforts to help, I realized that many of our hearts had turned to stone when…
Tackling the Impossible..! .
And as we rejoice over Chandrayaan 3 and exult in the fruition of an impossible dream, we need to understand that all impossible projects need not be a landing on the moon! Around the beginning of the last century, polio was rampant, irreversibly paralyzing thousands of children. Immunization programs were…
Bearded Travelers..!
Was flying from Mumbai to Istanbul, a month ago, and as usual was checked and my baggage double checked at the airport, “I guess it’s because of my beard!” I told the security officer as he nearly tried to pull my beard off to see if it was real!…
You Will Never Grow Old..!
You will never grow old, While there’s love in your heart. Time may silver your golden hair, As you dream in an old rocking-chair, You will never grow old. Don’t be fretful, or regretful, That you will grow old much too soon. With a love, dear, to dream of, dear,…
Learning and Earning..!
Most of today’s billionaires earned while they learned! And maybe that’s one reason there aren’t too many in India, since many of those billionaires abroad learned a lot from the jobs they worked at even as they studied. I’m certainly not anywhere near being a billionaire, nor aspiring to be…
Perseverance and Chandrayaan 3..!
In a day or two, we will all watch Chandrayaan 3 land on the moon. Why we will all be tense is because of the crash landing that happened the last time. But what we should all be proud of is that after that we didn’t quit. We decided to…
Treason In the Neighbourhood…!
There was the sound of a police jeep and policemen entering my neighbour’s compound, “What’s happening?” I shouted to my neighbour. “Treason!” he shouted back as he opened the door and let the police in. “I called the police to arrest my wife and children!” “Whoa! Whoa!” I shouted as…
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.