Love transcends religion, caste and other man made barriers! Much prose and an equal number of lines of poetry have sprung from the hearts of writers and lovers expressing this emotion called love! But, the greatest symbol of love is the Taj Mahal in Agra! Millions fly across the ocean,…
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.
Unseasonal Rain and Treacherous Umbrellas..!
Whoever heard of heavy rains in April and suddenly there was a search to find my umbrellas, who I believe go on vacations between one monsoon and another. Looking for them brought back memories of their ancestors who passed through my life ages ago: My first working monsoon in the…
In Pursuit of Happiness..!
When America got its freedom, something that the founding fathers enshrined in their Declaration of Independence was the right of every American to pursue happiness. It sounds good, but what the people found was that the pursuit of happiness wasn’t as easy as it sounded. I’m going to tell you…
Peace during the Bombing..!
A story that has long fascinated me, is that of an old couple in the Second World War. They lived in London, during the time when Hitler decided to bombard the city everyday. Day after day hundreds of German planes dropped bombs all over the city and flattened building after…
Sons of the Indian Soil..!
If you want to drive an auto-rickshaw in Mumbai, they don’t test you for your driving skill, or your politeness with passengers, but pass you if you know Marathi. If you want to send your child to school in the same city, parents have to produce a domicile certificate saying…
Vengeance or Justice..!
“Attach their properties!” shouts a shrill voice. People shake their heads as they hear these orders and many including me hearing those words or seeing the headlines think it comes from a state which uses bulldozers and such techniques to still dissidents. But this was no powerful ruling party leader,…
A Repair Job, a Time to Rejuvenate..!
Raj’s breakfast was burnt! and the coffee tasted like sludge. Furious, he got into his car to drive to work, and a few kilometres down the road, heard the loud sound of a bang. The old man at the puncture shop, looked at Raj with quiet patience, “Quick!” shouted Raj,…
Politicians are Needed, but..!
Women wrestlers of India, who through sheer, grit, determination and perseverance, discipline and exercise powered their way to become winners, now sit in meek, silent protest, this, the second time in Delhi, asking for justice against, what those same muscles of theirs could not defend; the sexual molestation and advances…
Monster Outside but Dad Behind Me ..!
The house I grew up in was an isolated one, and though it was fun to have huge fields outside and even a vineyard at the edge of those fields, for me, a youngster, not yet into his teens, the nights were scary. What was most scary was the whining,…
Decide..!
If we could go through life without having to make decisions how easy it would be huh? Or so we think. Life is all about deciding between this or that; a checked shirt or striped, or no shirt at all, between the handsome man who is a flirt or plain…
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.