Political Noise and the Steam Engine..!
As all around our nation I hear the bluster, see the sneers and feel the heat of danger I borrow from my book, ‘DARE’ the lines on the steam engines of our childhood! In my mind, even today, there is no ferocious, powerful, robust, beast, like the steam engine of…
Creating History through Fiction..!
In my very vivid imagination, I saw the wife bouncing into my study, “There’s some government officials to see you!” she said. I wandered into my sitting room, and watched as the two men rose and extended their hands in my direction, “We are honoured to have you on board…
We Lost Delhi..!
And as he stood at the border, making faces and shouting slogans at the man across who was busy, not playing cricket, but minding his country, he heard a voice behind, “Come back, we’ve lost Delhi!” “What? Impossible! I have been standing here and shouting and threatening that ex cricketer…
News You Won’t Believe..!
One of the tabloids some time ago had most of its first page blank; boxed in the middle in small font was the grim and distressing news that ‘Today’s news is being withheld as India is under attack from the Pakistanis, Bangladeshis and an elite squadron of handpicked warriors from…
The Modi Jacket..!
There’s only one person who looks good in the Modi jacket, and that’s Mr Modi himself! Today, every tailor, throughout the country is rolling out thousands of yards of cloth stitching these sleeveless new fashion statements for men of all shapes and sizes, who look strikingly ridiculous as they strut…
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.