My Proud Index Finger..!
Suddenly my very humble index finger has started getting proud. All these years, it’s been an obedient little fellow — pointing out directions, poking elevator buttons, stirring sugar into tea, and occasionally wagging at my dog when he chewed my slippers. But this week, with the Bihar and Mumbai municipal…
Burying a Religious Symbol…!
So, there I was, casually scrolling through my social media feed—dodging the usual political fireworks, a dozen “inspirational” reels from people who clearly need inspiration themselves—when I stumbled upon a gem: a video of a man burying an open Bible at the entrance of his home. Yes, burying. Like treasure….
A Coat of Paint and Nothing Underneath..!
Over forty-one years ago, I bought my first car. I was just in my twenties, armed with ambition, a growing business, and a desperate desire to own a four-wheeled beast I could call mine. And so, when the opportunity arose to buy a car — a real car! — I…
Too Much Rain..!
There’s a sloshing sound in my shoes, and it isn’t spiritual joy. It’s water. Rainwater. Precious, holy, long-prayed-for, utterly annoying rainwater. And as I squish my way across the housing society where I live, I hear my neighbor yell, “Bas karo Bhagwan, bas karo!” That’s Hindi for “Enough, God, enough!”…
How Newspapers Won the War..!
The newspapers are dying. They were once proud. Noble. The Fourth Estate! Guardians of democracy! The ones who made politicians sweat with their headlines and editorials that sounded like stern headmasters with canes in their hands. But slowly, they are being replaced—by phone screens and keyboard warriors. Suddenly, every colony…
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.