Every now and then the name of Group Captain Abhinandan pops up, as a hero, and maybe the one and only hero the nation has had for many years. We think that heroes are found only in the battlefield, and only among the armed forces, but it is not so,…
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.
Just a Duck Story..!
A few years ago while spending a pleasant evening in one of the many family run restaurants in Korea, seated comfortably on cushions at low tables with legs crossed in modified lotus position, the middle aged waitress came and started saying something to us; unfortunately none of us understood Korean….
Come Ye Apart and Rest..!
Exhausted after having written the synopsis of a three act play, getting a top Mumbai theatre personality interested in another, meeting a producer for my film script, and finishing the teaching of my online classes, my creative mind was now a total blank. If you’ve heard of the phrase, and…
Be Still..!
I guess it happens to all of us, we get so caught up with rushing and pushing and getting things done that suddenly we find we’re not just pooped but also feeling a little depressed. It happened to me few weeks ago, when caught in the whirlpool called life I…
Defectors Hotel..!
A trend that’s becoming common as political defections take place is for elected representatives to flee their state in hordes and hole themselves up in hotels in far corners of the country, where bereft of any means of communication, they keep themselves occupied in pleasurable activities that include everything except…
Rash Driving and the Police..!
The Supreme Court feels that the two years imprisonment now meted out for causing death due to rash driving is ‘grossly inadequate’. I agree, but would like to define what the police believe is rash and negligent driving, and what actually happens on the road when an accident takes place….
Beauty Through Your Applause ..!
Do you think my hair is soft and shiny?” Zarine asked Kumar one moonlit evening. Kumar answered, “Yep.” “And are my eyes bright and beautiful?” she continued. “Yep,” he replied. After a few minutes Zarine forged ahead, “Kumar, do you think my skin is smooth and clear?” “Yep.” At this,…
Are You Bothered?
The people are revolting in Sri Lanka! So what? Russia is invading Ukraine! I’m not bothered! A certain community is being bullied! So what, It’s not mine! Every day we read of war, human rights violations, cruel inhuman police brutalities and so many terrible things our newspapers scream out loud…
Nothing Is Impossible..!
Many years ago, I fell sick with a near fatal illness. Most doctors gave up on me, except the Mighty Healer. After getting back on my feet, albeit a little shaky, I remember conducting a choir, in which my gift to the people in the congregation who had kept me…
Believing Our Politicians..!
As I see people applauding, believing wholeheartedly in what our present politicians promise I remembered a joke my late mother had sent me, called ‘The Vote for Heaven or Hell!’ A powerful senator dies after a prolonged illness. His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at…
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.