The Bad Investment..!
‘Mr. Singh our housing society honorary secretary is coming to visit us now,’ said my wife putting down the phone, ‘he said it was a business visit.’ ‘Does he have any other business than being our society’s secretary?’ I asked surprised. ‘All I’ve seen him doing is instructing the watchman…
Mouse and Motherboard..!
India may be tops in IT, but for those who have not mastered mouse and motherboard, the changeover is a nightmare! A few years ago a writer friend of mine who was a diehard typewriter faithful finally was persuaded to change over to a computer. He had his first problem…
Living Like Men..!
As science progresses, men are slowly becoming a worried lot as they find women are slowly not going to need them anymore and could one day become pregnant even without their help. “Human embryos without fathers, what’s to become of us?” asked a bespectacled fellow emptying his glass with one…
Amazing Spectacles..!
If I’ve started writing late today, it’s because I spent the last hour or two, searching for my writing glasses. Now there’s something about searching for them; you need another pair to search for this pair, and somehow or other, the spare pair which I keep handy for such occasions,…
Being Stingy On Valentine’s Day..!
The price of gold has gone up, the cost of diamonds too So what do I get my beloved 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…
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.