It was a call from a hospital, saying his son had met with an accident that had him driving down the highway at breakneck speed. He felt a storm brewing inside his mind, and then his switched-on car radio, began talking about a certain scene from the Bible. He listened…
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.
Corruption, a Way of Life..!
Is there anything that can be done in our country without money being paid? Parents of a two-month-old baby, who applied for a passport for their child, when they refused to pay a bribe to the police were told after two weeks delay that their child’s passport application had been…
Don’t Retire from Life..!
Quite a few of us wait to retire. We long for the days when we have nothing to do, go nowhere and stay put. I do believe too many of such days can be boring and quite disastrous. My neighbor Mr Kishore retired the other day and since our terraces…
Today, on Martyr’s Day..!
Sadly, our patriotism wakes up twice a year, one being the 15th of August and the other the 26th of Jan. Maybe it’s the psychological effect of the flag being hoisted or unfurled, the national anthem being sung, or patriotic speeches being said! But after a few days have passed,…
A Delay Could Save Your Life..!
I pressed the horn, stomped on the accelerator, cursed the driver in the next car and nearly shouted at the traffic policeman. “What’s the matter dad?” my daughter asked. “I hate being late,” I grumbled. “D’you know of all the people whose lives were saved because they were late?” “After…
Charles And The Leopard..!
Once upon a time many years ago, there lived a jovial young man called Charles along with his pretty wife and three children. It was Charles’ job to look after the children in an orphanage, and he looked after the children as if they were his own. In the compound…
The Unknown Number..!
And in my mind’s eye, I picture scores of angels, running to the Lord with cell phones in their hands, “Lord!” says an old angel, impatience clearly in his voice, “Shall I tell her you’re busy, talking to a million and more?” “Who’s it?” asks the Lord, even as He…
Republic Day and the Bible..!
Today, on Republic Day, we celebrate the acceptance of the Constitution of India by the people of India over seventy years ago. It is because of this Constitution that no majority can bully a minority, no one religion can be thrust on another, and that citizens have freedom! It is…
Trump and the Constitution..!
Within a few hours of his swearing in, the new American president signed a slew of executive orders that shocked the world. One of them was that those born in the US could not assume they were American citizens. Within a day a federal judge John Coughenour stayed the executive…
Silence Ain’t Golden No More..!
How often we are told that silence is golden. No, it isn’t always so; sometimes it’s plain yellow! Yes, the yellow of cowardice. The yellow of running away from a confrontation. The yellow of keeping your mouth shut when it should have protested. The phrase “silence is not always golden”…
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.