Our Desi Lie Detector..!
Increasingly every day, I’m hearing about the use of the lie detector by the police. For many years I’d thought that the polygraph machine was only used with the consent of the accused party but I’m beginning to realise I was wrong and that now it’s a fact that detective…
Train Travel Was Once Safe..!
“..Three rail accidents, 21 dead in two months..” 31st July, Times of India. In a second- class compartment somewhere in India a grandmother looked out of a train window with fear in her eyes. “Once upon a time,” she said as she looked down at her two little grandchildren, “train travel was safe!” “Grandma,”…
License Ain’t No Problem Sir..!
We were driving in Ireland yesterday, when I saw a car with a learner sign and was told the driver had to be a learner for two years before he or she was issued a license to drive. India, I found had one of the largest numbers of road accidents…
Biden’s Temple..!
As polls come nearer, the temple or mosque issue starts becoming louder. I wondered what if American President Biden does the same when he stands for President again? “President Biden, America is in a financial crisis, what are the methods you plan to bail the country’s economy?” “I have plans…
Sweet Voices from the Lie School..!
With the internet reigning supreme and the media slowly moving into petrified silence, leaders the world over, find that telling a lie convincingly, makes it believable. “People don’t know what to believe anymore!” said a teacher who worked in a newly begun school for liars, “So we teach leaders to…
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.