Why China..?
Just when I thought I’d figured out our foreign policy—a headline in today’s paper left me scratching what’s left of my head: Defence Minister Set to Visit China to Rebuild Ties. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m all for building bridges. But building one back to China, right after they…
Of Tunnels, Terror, and Tears..!
Exactly two years ago, I found myself descending into the bowels of the earth—into the underground city of Derinkuyu in Cappadocia, Türkiye. A vast subterranean labyrinth, carved out of volcanic rock, where some twenty thousand early Christians once lived, breathed, bartered and believed—in peace, but not in freedom. Why underground?…
Arms, Legs, and no Body..!
A dear old lady, after reading my piece yesterday on “Using the whip inside the temple,” wrote to me and said, “Bob, do you think our religious institutions would ever need such a cleansing?” I wrote back, “Ma’am, if Jesus walked into some of our places of worship today, he’d…
Is Barbarism Replacing Craftiness?
It looks like all the much worked at ingredients of a good civilization are being destroyed! There was a time, dear reader, when world leaders shook hands like gentlemen, smiled warmly, and spoke with polished decorum. Of course, they were often plotting each other’s downfall, but how civil they were…
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…
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.