Hating To Part Syndrome..!
I’m sure you’ve seen this happening as much as I have: You and your wife have finished an evening in a friend’s place, have had dinner, spent time on long conversations, covering many topics, and then it’s time to go. You and the missus walk to the doorstep, you say…
Mauled by A Mall..!
Malls! They’re at every corner, huge and looming, sneering at little shopkeepers in their little shops, laughing gaily at pavement vendors as they seductively fill themselves with millions, nay zillions of shoppers, who saunter from floor to floor, entering shop, leaving shop, burdened with brimming bundles, crammed cartons, big boxes….
Nappy Changing and the Paternity Bill..!
My young neighbour Kumar, whose wife is expecting a baby, rode in the lift with me to the car park below, “How’s the wife?” I asked pleasantly. “Very excited!” said Kumar mournfully. “Something worrying you?” I asked, “I know the name of a very good gynecologist!” “Did you hear they…
No Gold On Valentine’s Day..!
The price of gold’s gone up, the cost of diamonds too So what do I get my beloved wife, what is it I should do? I dare not get her clothes, they don’t seem to fit she says I dare not get her gifts, they’re expensive these days. So what…
You Kissed a Man?
The other day a man was telling me about the number of affairs he’d had after marriage, and as he winked at me, I asked, “How would you handle it if your wife had an affair?” I saw his expression change and thought of a certain shopping mall in Delhi,…
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.