Not Out..!
A few years ago, Indian cricket was against modern technology that would reduce human error in umpiring decisions! In other words they preferred human error to continue. Because as a nation, human error is what we can control! We oppose anything that will make decisions more transparent. A friend of…
Hot Water..!
Last month, while driving through England, Scotland and Ireland, we stayed at nearly eight different places, some of them economical hotels and others Airbnb’s which were homes given on rent for the period of stay. Some of these hotels and homes were tiny, others spacious, some had fancy sitting rooms…
Life is a Boomerang..!
Last evening I was at the club and saw a man at the next table who tried to avoid my eyes. I knew why. He’d been abandoned by his friends and others because of the way he had treated them while he had held a post. Which reminded me that…
Wearing a Professional Mask..!
There are so many religious leaders today, who have huge followings, but quite often what is missing from their lives and from their teachings is compassion. I have seen religious leaders, so good with their sermons, later going back to their ashrams or offices and shouting and yelling at their…
Next to a Negro, She Stood..!
As I hear rumours that the government if voted to power again, will change the secular nature of the country do realise we will only have ourselves to blame for this future mess as what is being used by these cunning politicians are the very prejudices we have for each…
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.