Sex Sells..!
So you’ve started reading this article? Sorry it was just an experiment: Sex sells and I wanted to see how many would read seeing this headline; looks like you did! Yes sex sells: If you are appalled by the amount of rapes suddenly happening in our country, the shocking fact…
A Bloodied 2020..! BUT….
The Sentry at the Gate of Time, was worried. He had never seen such a crowd at the Gate of Time. Normally crowds welcomed the New Year with rejoicing and revelry, but as he looked at the gate, and saw the faces of the welcomers, he sniffed the smell of…
Changing Mona Lisa’s Nose..!
A few years ago, a close friend of mine brought along a painting by a great painter. Over a century old it looked dull and listless and certain places patchy. “Could you get those sections touched up?” asked my friend to the curator of one of the best art galleries…
A Sad Santa Claus..!
It’s December, and as Christmas décor fills the world, I saw a Santa Claus, “Hey Santa!” I said to the sad looking Santa Claus standing near a mall, “You look a little sad, come on give us one of your Ho! Ho! Ho’s!” “Not up to it!” said Santa. “What’s…
Judge Marzuki In India..!
An Indonesian judge by the name of Marzuki was sitting in judgment of an old lady who pleaded guilty of stealing some tapioca from a plantation. In her defense, the old lady admitted to the Judge that she was indeed guilty of the crime because she was poor and her…
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.