Our Gilded Cage..!
Religion, the one thing that should be most private in our lives, is bandied across as a political tool in our country, and as people are trapped, they find everything taken away from them in taxes, as they continue living in this ‘gilded cage’! Here’s a simple story. Hope you…
An Uneasy Maharashtra..!
Though the NDA allies have won a sweeping victory in Maharashtra, there’s still a sense of unease all over the state. Hardly any firecrackers went off on the day of the results, and victory celebrations have been low key and with not much publicity. It’s as if winners feel the…
Education without Educating..!
With many state governments insisting that all students, whatever their marks, get admission in college, I wondered how the colleges were going to cope. The principal of the local college walked with me into one of the classrooms in his college. “It’s going to be tough for you”, I said….
An Aerial View and Ground Zero..!
It’s just been an hour since I returned from an incredibly lovely holiday, and in my imagination, a local politician standing for the state elections walks across as I get out of the car. “How was the trip sir,” he asks as I rub my back, “I suppose, you took…
Boiler Size, Bullying and Bluster..!
While others play badminton, watch Netflix, or read a book for ‘timepass’; a term I find quite cute, I’m caught very often watching steam engine videos. I believe there is no ferocious, powerful, robust, beast, like the steam engine of yesterday. Even now whenever I want to imagine something more…
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.