Turning Veg..!
After reading a full page advertisement in yesterday’s newspaper, advising everybody to become vegetarians, my millionaire neighbour a diehard non- vegetarian decided he would become a veggie. “One might as well get used to something before it becomes a law and takes you by total surprise,” he said as he…
The First Covid-19 Victim..!
“You know something,” whispered Democracy, sitting at the Lincoln Memorial, and looking ruefully at Autocracy and Monarchy, “I feel small, insignificant and very inadequate at this moment in time!” “Inadequate in handling the Covid-19 situation?” laughed Autocracy. “No!” said Democracy, “I feel that during this whole world wide Coronavirus panic,…
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….
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.