Hugs, Rape and Silence..!
The bearded headman and his fat bald assistant looked at each other worried, “I have to travel to other rich villages and hug their chieftains!” said the bearded headman, “and hopefully they will not ask about troubles we are having here!” “Hug them more closely, when it comes to delicate…
Precious Women..!
And as I walked among the ruins of an ancient Roman city yesterday in Turkeye, and looked at the lavish live styles the men led, I asked, “And what about the women?” “They were treated as inferior!” said my guide sadly. Nothing’s changed as very often in my mailbox are…
Your Right to Question..!
It was a beautiful hardbound book and the man was smiling as he gave the book to me, “Your personal copy!” he said and I felt the cover. “You’ve spent a lot of money on it?” I asked. “The trust did!” he said. I opened the book and read the…
Bottled Coconut Water..!
Very lately at around eleven in the morning, which is an hour or more after breakfast, and two hours before lunch, I’ve been having a small bottle of coconut water. This was once the time when I had my second cup of tea, but I stopped that, then started having…
Looking Way Ahead..!
Was sipping tea in the back seat of my car last week, when my driver, a replacement for my chap who had gone on leave, suddenly braked, throwing scalding hot tea from my glass all over me, “Sorry sir,” he said as he looked in the rear view mirror. I…
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.