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…
Parliamentary Banter..!
T’was friendly banter taking place twixt the new Parliament building and the old one, as they stood opposite each other, one empty and about to be converted into a museum and the other spilling with elected members, joyous over their new structure. “So Oldy, you are over and done with!”…
Policing the Left Side Only..!
After most cases of rape, assaults, kidnapping, or any crime, what one hears so often is the police station refusing to register a complaint because it is not in their area! “Police! Police! Quick, run after the thief. I was assaulted and robbed!” “Where were you assaulted?” asks the inspector,…
Long Wait to the Moon..!
The Man in the Moon looked at his wife as she stopped gazing at Earth and stared at him, “What?” he asked, because women whether they were from Earth or Moon, or even from Venus, always had a question on their minds when they gave their men that look, and…
Bearded Travelers..!
Was flying from Mumbai to Istanbul, a month ago, and as usual was checked and my baggage double checked at the airport, “I guess it’s because of my beard!” I told the security officer as he nearly tried to pull my beard off to see if it was real!…
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.