Refusing to Remove Your Cataract..!
Have we all gone blind? Or is it only our young people whose eyes are still open? As students pour onto the streets in protest, we should begin asking what they are seeing that we have chosen to ignore. Since 2014, India has witnessed more than 150 examination paper leaks….
When You are Just a Topic of Discussion…!
The police inspector adjusts his cap and looks at the trembling prisoner. “So you say you’re innocent?” “Yes, sir.” The inspector sighs. “What unfortunate timing.” “Why, sir?” “Because the crowd has already gathered to watch us beat you up.” “But shouldn’t the judge decide we are guilty or innocent first?”…
The Voiceless Minority..!
When I talk about minorities in India, everybody from the majority community checks to see what I have said, but, today I am going to surprise everybody. I have finally discovered the smallest minority in India, and many from the majority community are in that minority one.. No, not one…
When Day is Night..!
International airlines have perfected the art of fooling passengers, and we happily cooperate. The first thing they do after take-off is ask you to pull down your window shades. Outside, the sun is blazing away. Inside, they create midnight. Hundreds of passengers obediently shut out broad daylight without the slightest…
Bullied by the Bully..!
I remember a boy in school who strutted around like he owned the playground. He pinched smaller boys, hid their tiffin boxes, pushed them off the swings and generally behaved like the uncrowned king of the place. Then one day a giant of a boy from another school landed up…
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.