The Anti- Conversion Law at Home..!
The Anti- Conversion Law has arrived in Maharashtra, and like all significant state and national developments, I felt it my duty as a responsible citizen to first implement it where I thought I had absolute control, at home. I immediately appointed myself Chief Anti- Conversion Officer. It is a highly…
Short Men and Tall Women..!
Somewhere in the mysterious headquarters where society writes its unwritten rules, a committee must have once met and decided something very important. Men must be tall. Women must be short. In fairy tales the prince is tall, heroic and rides a horse with impressive posture. The princess is delicate and…
Nobody Wants a Silent Chief..!
At the farthest edge of a village, where people once lived in harmony, but in the last eleven years had not, a white bearded chief stood staring into the horizon. His bald deputy stood beside him, polished scalp reflecting both sunlight and loyalty. “The opposition is shouting that you surrendered…
Only One Speed Saar..!
Because a wedding party was arriving at the YWCA International Guest House in Chennai, we were moved from an air conditioned room to a non AC one. Chennai weather being kind at this time of year, I was not bothered. A fan would do. I turned the regulator. Click. The…
Simply Rename..!
The guardian minister for Mumbai recently visited King Edward Memorial Hospital, lovingly and universally known as KEM. A place where people go because they are ill, worried, frightened, and hoping that someone in authority has thought about things like beds, doctors, medicines, and queues that move faster than a funeral…
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.