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,…
Just Married..!
Attended a wedding the other day and as I looked at the young newlyweds, I whispered to my wife that the couple looked a tad too young to marry. The wife reminded me of our days and I suddenly realized we all have our ‘just married stories,’ don’t we? So,…
Joining Mr Kapoor On the Terrace..!
As maids and domestic help get scarce and expensive, it won’t be long before what my imagination just conjured up soon becomes reality: I looked up to see the wife trudging across the living room with a bucket of clothes to be washed “Hey!” I asked “Where’s the maid?” “She…
Guidelines for Fliers Not to Get Offloaded..!
With planes returning to base even if passengers ask for what was previously called ‘service’ and remembering how a passenger, Dr David Dao, was dragged out of an aircraft and severely beaten up by the crew of United, I, with a huge dose of humour which I hope airline crew…
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.