The Drunk and the Cab Driver..!
For many of us this Christmas Season is a time of revelry, fun and parties! In fact there were many who after yesterday’s article of the innkeeper crying, ‘No Room,’ and me talking of the Bible bashing and church disruptions going on, told me ‘Bob, let’s have fun this Christmas…
Santa, beside the Still Waters..!
Santa Clauses, decorations and Christmas trees! All lit and ablaze! Santas in every mall, striding down streets, and Christmas trees, set up, lighting the sky and ground below! Such excitement! Every store screams ‘Christmas Sale’ with discounts as shop window seductively beckons you in! They told me Christmas in New…
A Sad Santa..!
It’s December, and here in New York, Christmas décor is already seen everywhere. I saw a Santa Claus, “Hey Santa!” I said to the sad looking Santa Claus standing near a mall, “You look a little sad, come on give us one of your Ho! Ho! Ho’s!” “Not up to…
A Feather for the Baby..!
T’was the habit of Mr Sparrow to always build his nest with straw from the stable. “You clever man!” chirped Mrs Sparrow happily, “While all dem other birds go roun’ searchin’ for straw you jes’ sort of walk into dat stable and grab a beakfull to build our house!” And…
Why Can’t Christmas Last?
Once upon a time one was inundated with calls and visits every Christmas. Not just Christmas but every festival. There was an air of good- natured bonhomie be it Christmas, Diwali or Eid. That was how we greeted each other, once. Today it’s all WhatsApp messages and videos, but let…
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.