I chuckle to see the quips and jokes put up by friends on WhatsApp groups after the recent Delhi elections. We must remind ourselves that there’s a certain madness that grips people when elections roll around. The air is filled with dramatic speeches, promises grander than a Bollywood climax, and…
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.
Don’t Take Them Seriously..!
On one hand I see the common man like you and me working hard to build a great country, and alas on the other, politicians doing their utmost to destroy our land; it’s depressing to watch such happen. “So you’re depressed about it huh Bob?” “Aristotle!” I cried in disbelief. “No,…
Stop Choosing..!
Today being Sunday, I heard a deeply impactful sermon online by one Rev Johnson from Bangalore. He spoke on faith, rational thought and emotions, and I thought I’d write a simple story on the same: A celebrated architect, Aarav had built his career on steel, cement, and common sense. He…
A Stroll With the Master..!
Permit me to imagine a conversation in the heavenly realms, as Thomas gets up and decides to do a morning walk with his Master. Jesus looks at his frown and chuckles, “Still bothered with that time you doubted me Thomas?” Thomas gives a half a grin back and mutters, “I…
Shackled, Bound and Fettered..!
Shackled, bound and fettered, heads bowed, they stumbled out of the American military aircraft. Our brothers, our sisters, our children, thrown back, in an undignified manner, by a President and a people who considered them unworthy of their land. The majority from Gujarat, the prime minister’s home state, the others…
Your Tight-Fitting Shoes..!
There’s something strange and peculiar happening in our country: Many have given up their freedoms, just for the sake of a narrow narrative, a narrative being repeated that their religion is being robbed from under their feet. And since the subject of feet has crept in, even if it came…
Win, If You Think You Can..!
Today, I’m going to take a page out of my book, DARE, since my friend Rusy Shroff, decided to immortalise a poem I’ve always cherished, with his voice, which if you click on the link, further down, you will hear as he speaks these wonderful words out! Even as you…
Avoiding Another Joggers Park Incident..!
I’m sure you felt a sense of sadness after reading the story that I penned yesterday. Many wrote to me expressing their disappointment that our world had reached such a state. So I decided that it would be helpful for all of us if we delved deeper into yesterday’s joggers…
Joggers Park..!
Clippity clop, clippity clop, clippity clop, went her slippers. Her husband had brought her sick from the village last week. He was the caretaker of the park. “You can walk in the park every morning,” he had told her, “you’ll get better.” And so she did. Clippity clop, clippity clop,…
Not Out..!
A few years ago, Indian cricket was against modern technology that would reduce human error in umpiring decisions! In other words they preferred human error to continue. Because as a nation, human error is what we can control! We oppose anything that will make decisions more transparent. A friend of…
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.