Forgotten How To Fly..!
With domestic flights scheduled to start on Monday, what airline officials, and their Call Centre employees are learning is, most people have forgotten how to fly, “What do I carry with me?” asked a former frequent flyer. “Your baggage sir!” said the call center employee pleasantly. “That’s a plane load…
The Mask Making Factory..!
“We all wear masks, and the time comes when we cannot remove them without removing some of our own skin.” ― André Berthiaume “Did you know our country may soon be the mask manufacturing hub of the world?” asked a friend. “No!” I said, “But would it be possible to…
New Rules Outside Your Door..!
Most people have forgotten there’s a world outside their door, and governments all over the world are readying themselves to reteach people what lies outside! “We will be standing at the gates of each building and helping people to adjust to the world outside!” said one of the government trainers….
Did YOU Just Buy A Cheap Car?
“Our engineers burned the midnight oil to produce this car,” said the MD as he showed me into his factory in the outskirts of the city, “and after this lockdown, this is just the car for your highly strained pocket!” “And this car will cost less than a lakh?” I…
The Cleanest Station Award..!
This happened before de Corona came a visitin’! The station master of the local suburban station came and stood near me, “There’s an award for the best kept station,” he said spitting a wad of betel nut onto the platform. “Interesting,” I said, as I watched the red juice flow…
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.