Breaking News Hangover..!
This may never happen but a part of my imagination hopes that one day I will be hospitalised for this, so here goes: “There’s something wrong!” I shout as I pick up my newspapers from the gate, as I do every morning. “What’s wrong?” asks the wife. “I have been…
What Chai do you Serve?
The white bearded chief of the village and his bald deputy were at it again; discussing matters of great importance for which they walked out of earshot of all the villagers who actually were not too keen to know what they were discussing because what they were discussing was what…
Hold your Breath..!
As Mumbai and Delhi exceed pollution limits, I realise there is a master plan behind all this: That even as we teach the world, through different modules and methods, meditation, yoga and a host of other techniques, now our leaders want every citizen to excel at what we teach the…
Ban Vehicles from Using Roads..!
Being driven around Bhopal and watching pedestrians on the road, off the road and nearly on top of the cars and other vehicles, my imagination started working overtime: The two men walking right on the middle of the road, were not bothered by everybody blowing their horns at them….
The Activist and the Earthworms..!
Today, the activist label is beginning to have a bad meaning. Anyone who sees something wrong and decides to right that wrong is labelled an activist and dealt with severely, which inspired me to write about this suburb somewhere in Mumbai, where locals get up early so they can take…
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.