Are You Bothered?
The people are revolting in Sri Lanka! So what? Russia is invading Ukraine! I’m not bothered! A certain community is being bullied! So what, It’s not mine! Every day we read of war, human rights violations, cruel inhuman police brutalities and so many terrible things our newspapers scream out loud…
The Snob..!
“My grandfather!” says a Christian snob, “Was a Brahmin before he converted!” “Yes, it’s the second time, you’ve told me that!” I tell him pleasantly. “We even told our daughter this, so she can be proud of her heritage!” says his wife to me. “You should add that after your…
If the World was a Ship..!
In a play I’ve just written, I have waiters in a restaurant singing, “If the world was a café! Yes, what a beautiful world it would be,’” sing the waiters in barbershop quartet style, but today I’d like to ask, “What if Earth is a ship? What if each country…
Gun Control and Agents of Fear..!
Bang! Bang! Bang! And sadly, another twenty-one bangs from the shooter’s deadly gun, saw children sprawled all over the classroom, dead! What kind of a stupid country is this, that has one of the safest security forces in the world, and still allows people to carry guns to defend themselves?…
Clever Packaging or Good Content?
Am I a better salesman than a content giver? This is a question I wrestle with, even as I try to check myself every now and then to see whether the content of my motivational talks, workshops, and also my writing justifies the sales pitch! Last Diwali, I received many…
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.