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…
Why Only Greenland?
The courtroom of the International Court of Justice was unusually quiet that morning. Even the translators had stopped whispering into their microphones. The judge adjusted his glasses and looked down at the file, then up at the two Indian lawyers standing confidently before him. “You have filed a case of…
Smog Over the Capital..!
There’s a deadly smog over the capital. A dense, suffocating haze that hangs low over buildings, institutions, and common sense. This is not the kind that makes your throat burn or your eyes water. This one, settles quietly in the mind, blurring judgment and numbing outrage. In this smog, law…
Peace and chalk Piece…!
There was a time when peace meant something beautiful. It meant neighbours chatting at the gate. It meant children playing cricket without worrying about which side of the street they lived on. It meant laughter floating out of living rooms and chai shared between people with different ideas and beliefs….
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.