Air-Vents All Clogged Sir..!
The AC in my bedroom conked out in the middle of the night. Not sputtered. Not whimpered. It just gave up, like a resigned bureaucrat on a Friday afternoon. One moment I was wrapped in Himalayan bliss, the next I was drenched in Sahara sweat. And so I tossed and…
Redevelopment: A Modern Disease…!
Ah, the sweet scent of redevelopment! Promises of glossy new towers, luxurious amenities, and—best of all—extra square footage to boast about. Who wouldn’t be tempted? But, alas, the perfume of promise soon turns rancid when greed sneaks in, and what was meant to be a blessing, becomes a battleground—brothers against…
For Whom the Bell Tolls…!
No, I’m not writing on Hemingway. I’ve just borrowed his very famous title and using it for a few stray incidents I noticed while attending a seminar with seventeen speakers! Yes, seventeen speakers, each given five minutes to express their views. All knowledgeable men and women, quite well known to…
A Little Too Much Wine..!
T’was a fancy restaurant we went to in my imagination. The waiter not only had stiff upper lip, but same surgeon had turned his nose up in the air. “What will you have sir?” he smirked. “Wine!” I said “Which one?” “Red!” “Which one sir?” “Any wine that’s red!” I…
Gunshots in America..!
And as another mass shooting takes place at Maine, in the US, leaving eighteen dead, I am reminded of the frequent school shootings happening inside classrooms around America, having parents live in fear as they bid their children goodbye at school gates. “One for you dad! One for you mom!”…
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.