Love Me, My People..!
A faint breeze around the UN building in New York, had all the world flags slightly swaying, except the Indian flag who moved more vigorously, “Hurrah!” she shouted. “What’s with the hurrah stuff?” asked the American flag stiffly, “You feeling you’re back home, with this terrible New York heatwave?” “Nah!”…
Congratulations Madam President..!
“Congratulations ma’am!” “Thank you! Are you congratulating me for soon becoming the first tribal president?” “No ma’am!” “The second woman president?” “No ma’am!” “Then why are you congratulating me?” “For someone who can be remembered for ever in Indian history, at a time when children can’t recall who was president,…
Will and Gandhi at the Oscars..!
A resounding slap indeed. A punch heard all round the world. One that revealed not a broken jaw or black eye, but showed ever so clearly, that you can take a man off the streets, but you can’t take the streets out of the man. Will Smith revealed himself: An…
Are We becoming an Insular Nation?
It was blistering hot as I lay on the deckchair, in a beach somewhere in the country, and like all Indians, was happy to have the large umbrella protecting me from the harsh sun blazing overhead. But, not the middle-aged white couple next to me. They seemed to be enjoying…
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.