Mr ‘Six Missed Balls’..!
It was the funniest scene in cricket I’d seen in a long time: A batsman swinging his bat and missing all six balls bowled to him! No it was not the IPL, nor a Ranji Trophy match, but a tournament in a housing colony where cricket had become the bonding…
Beneath Today’s Red Carpet..!
And as the country celebrates her Republic Day parade today, as Guests of Honour; leaders from all over the world walk the red carpet and watch the impressive military might and cultural floats displayed for them, in my imagination, it was the President of Brazil, the Chief Guest, who pointed…
The ‘Good Morning’ Housing Society..!
In a fictitious housing society very close to where I live, many sounds come out of the complex: Harsh words, screams, fists connecting with fists, connecting with shin and groin, and four letter expletives that shock the residents of other colonies who live nearby. But it was not always so….
A Nation on Fire..!
“The country is on fire!” “I know, I know, I’ll douse the fire!” “Mamata says that instead of dousing the fire you are stoking it!” “Ah, you know she’s just a loudmouth!” “But now the country’s full of loudmouths!” “I’ll shut them up!” “With water cannons and tear gas? What’s…
When Everest Turned Human..!
A judge in New Zealand followed by another in India have created history and maybe controversy with a single verdict; they have given human status, therefore legal rights to certain rivers in their countries! In New Zealand it is the Whanganui river and in India, the Yamuna and Ganga! Now…
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.