Are We Back at School?
How quickly we grow up and imagine we have stopped behaving like children.But all it takes is a little observation and suddenly the entire political landscape looks like the school playground we all once knew so well. Do you remember those days?The strong fellow in class. The one with bulging…
Very ‘Positive’ Talks..!
Today nothing serious okay, just a fictitious tale! Ruby and Jai met in New York. Ruby’s country couldn’t care less what he said; Jai’s country counted each minute he spent with the other man. Finally, Jai returned and announced proudly that the talks were “positive.” Now, how do I know…
We Didn’t Shake Hands, Ma..!
There was turmoil in the Mohan household the other evening. The kind that usually follows when cricket is discussed. Not because the TV set broke down during the Indo-Pak match, but because the Mohan parents discovered their two sons had just returned from playing cricket with the neighborhood bullies. “Playing…
No Need for Qualifications..!
The highly acclaimed interviewer came storming out of the interview room, his face red, not from the summer heat, but from sheer frustration. “Everybody wants the job,” he spluttered, “but nobody wants to reveal their qualifications!” “Why?” I asked, “maybe their certificates were washed away in the last monsoon flood?”…
Export Without Tariffs..!
“Declare what you are carrying!” the stern-looking customs officer at the US airport growled at me the other day, and I wondered, what if I wasn’t just me, the lone traveler, but India herself walking through international customs? What would the declaration form of India look like? Under Exports, instead…
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.