Is it ‘Cheers’ Everyday?
“Cheers!” you say, and since you are alone, “Cheers!” you reply and down your drink! Something that is increasing during this lockdown, is social drinking! The one who used to drink once a week, is now enjoying his daily tipple, and what’s more dangerous is that since he can’t drink…
Sir, Did You?
The cars were honking on the road one morning as I made my way to the park, drivers in trucks had their heads out yelling, and motorcyclists worried expressions behind their visors as they looked ahead to see a jam. I walked on ahead and soon found the culprit; a…
How Strong Is Your Table?
Page after page of all the newspapers are filled with deaths and other grim situations of the pandemic, so much so that smiles, grins and laughter seem to have disappeared and yes, the masks haven’t helped! A professor began his class by holding up a glass with some water in…
My Nose, Her Cheeks, His Heart..!
There’s two little fellows, twins, who came into my life just over two years ago, and now as they and their mother, my daughter, are stuck with me because of the lockdown, and can’t return to their home in New York, I hear neighbour voices, “He’s got your nose Bob!”…
The Smuggler’s Handshake..!
“…Just say a simple ‘yes’ I will, or a ‘no’ I won’t. Your word is enough..” Matthew 5: 37 While running a business, I came across many types of customers: One I’ll never forget was a smuggler who lived near the seacoast, in Versova. I remember when I finalized a…
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.