Thousand Rupees in the Gutter..!
Quite often when I see leaders, both political and corporate, moving around haughtily, looking at the common man with disdain, I think of the thousand rupee note: The thousand-rupee note stared at me from the gutter, its eyes bleak and bleary, “How could this have happened to me?” it cried,…
Clean Yourself, then the Floor..!
The puzzled chairman entered the precincts of his company, and stared at the peons, clerks, stenographers and other employees, huddled together outside his MD’s office. He wasn’t too startled as he heard the sniggering, smirking, sneering at something going on inside. He pushed his employees aside and roughly entered the…
When Asked for Your Honest Opinion..!
“Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend’s forehead..” Chinese Proverb How often we are approached by someone who wants an honest opinion about his short story, a poem, maybe a decision he has made or even what you think of the interior of his house:…
Shame..!
Was listening with tears in my eyes to a powerful talk by Monica Lewinsky! (Snigger! Chuckle! Giggle! Laugh aloud!) I know what images it conjures to your mind; a fallen woman, a slut, whore, home breaker! But even as you utter such in your mind, even as the world shouted…
Profiting from Suicide..!
A few months ago, a president of a social club called an organization which was to teach him leadership training and said, “I want my money back, I have no time for the course!” “Sir,” said the coordinator, “You know our policy, we don’t refund money, but we will do…
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.