The Drunk Girl..!
This happened a few years ago, when as the chairman of my colony, the doorbell rang, and a watchman stood outside my door. It was two in the morning. “Drunk girl on one of the building’s staircases, sir!” he said. I called out to my daughter to come with me. We…
Reservations for You and Me..!
Today, in our country, everybody wants reservations, with some leaders in the country who have divided the people saying that even our beloved country should only be reserved for those who worship in one particular way! And as the word, ‘reservation’ gets bandied about, my thoughts go to ‘reservations’ on…
Listen to the Other Stick..!
Once upon a time, there was a man who had many sons. The sons, on the other hand, were always fighting with each other. As the man became older and weaker, he became worried that his sons would ruin themselves if they continued to fight. He begged them to live…
Unwrapping Our Kindness..!
“Your bath water’s getting cold!” shouted a cross voice from the other room, “and if you don’t hurry, you’ll fall sick bathing in cold water!” The old lady I was speaking to, turned to me apologetically, “that’s my daughter, she’s got a heart of gold, but she don’t like to…
Rise Up and Rise Out…!
Many years ago, there was an interesting headline, it screamed, “From Newspaper Boy to President,” It was about the Late President Abdul Kalam who sold newspapers in his boyhood and rose to become President of India. I spent a wonderful evening two nights ago, with a large group of friends…
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.