Namaste! Let’s Look Below Sir..!
This morning I removed the cushion on my seat and suddenly the view outside my window was glorious. Till then, I had been looking down from my perch at barren land, rubbish strewn all over, and goats, dogs and cats picking up whatever leftovers, inhuman humans, had thrown out through…
Five Million Cheerleaders..!
“Why are we going to India dear? You really don’t want to do business with them?” “Five million cheerleaders from the airport to the stadium he wants me to see! And, I’ll put out my hand and shake theirs and…” “No husband, you got to say namaste!” “Oh yeah I…
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….
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.