Gandhi’s Amazing Spectacles..!
Indulge me today! I’d like to dream that a rich Indian has purchased Gandhiji’s spectacles and flies home with it to a rousing reception at the Delhi airport. A naval band is there to greet the hero buyer as he walks down the airplane ramp. All the political leaders are…
Political Godmen Teachers..!
“Bob!” said the voice at the other end, “You would fit well as the principal of our godmen school!” It was a few hours after reaching the Godman School, I was summoned hastily for a meeting, “What’s the hurry?” I asked the committee member who had come to my lavish…
Fire in the Engine..!
“What is it?” asks the pilot, as the airhostess enters the cockpit. “Sir, a passenger has reported that he saw a flame of fire spurt out from the starboard engine!” “Nonsense!” says the bearded pilot, “Come here, just look at all the instruments, none of them report anything amiss! Ask…
Of Raincoats and Umbrellas..!
Not getting too many invitations to go out, I was pleasantly surprised to get one for dinner and decided I’d need a good umbrella as the monsoons were quite relentless. I decided to go over to the umbrella store and choose a good sturdy one to beat the monsoons. I…
Boris and His Lockdown Parties..!
From his hairstyle I knew he was a Boris Johnson fan, and watched as he, Boris like, swept his unkempt, unruly hair into a more unkempt, unruly Boris mess. “Looks like your former Prime Minister Boris Johnson is finished,” I said, “The Partygate report about his partying during the Covid…
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.