Even the Potholes Are Laughing..!
The minister leaned back in his oversized chair, lifted his cup of tea and smiled. A terrified official burst into the room. “Sir, another bridge has developed dangerous cracks.” The minister took a leisurely sip. “So?” “People are furious, Sir.” “So?” “They’re asking who is responsible.” The minister laughed. “Responsible?…
NEETly Corrupt..!
The NEET examination scandal has now reached a stage where reports suggest the Indian Air Force may be used to transport examination papers. Read that again. The Indian Air Force. Not to defend our skies. Not to monitor hostile aircraft. Not to protect our borders. But to carry examination papers…
Fuel Hike Solutions..!
Fuel prices are rising so often nowadays that I no longer look at the petrol pump display. I turn my face away respectfully, the way middle class Indians avoid eye contact with hospital bills, school fees, or wedding caterers. The other morning my driver arrived looking unusually cheerful. This itself…
Brilliant Wardrobe Management…!
The Mumbai police have decided to issue maroon T shirts and shorts for male suspects lodged in central lock ups. “It’s an ingenious idea,” said a police commissioner from another state in northern India, known for its instant justice. “Ingenious?” I asked. “How?” He looked at me the way a…
The Anti- Conversion Law at Home..!
The Anti- Conversion Law has arrived in Maharashtra, and like all significant state and national developments, I felt it my duty as a responsible citizen to first implement it where I thought I had absolute control, at home. I immediately appointed myself Chief Anti- Conversion Officer. It is a highly…
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.