Divide Them-You Fall..!
As I hear about roads being renamed and unjust laws being passed, let it be noted, there’s a curious thing about governments that thrive on dividing people: they rarely survive long enough to enjoy the fruits of their mischief. History has a knack for toppling rulers who think they can…
Behind the Manipur Toothpicks…!
As I hear about the chief minister of Manipur finally resigning, a sad picture comes to my mind, of a thin fellow leading a woman who is scantily clad, along the road somewhere in Manipur. We hear that he finally raped and killed her. A skinny fellow as thin as…
Shackled, Bound and Fettered..!
Shackled, bound and fettered, heads bowed, they stumbled out of the American military aircraft. Our brothers, our sisters, our children, thrown back, in an undignified manner, by a President and a people who considered them unworthy of their land. The majority from Gujarat, the prime minister’s home state, the others…
Corruption, a Way of Life..!
Is there anything that can be done in our country without money being paid? Parents of a two-month-old baby, who applied for a passport for their child, when they refused to pay a bribe to the police were told after two weeks delay that their child’s passport application had been…
Today, on Martyr’s Day..!
Sadly, our patriotism wakes up twice a year, one being the 15th of August and the other the 26th of Jan. Maybe it’s the psychological effect of the flag being hoisted or unfurled, the national anthem being sung, or patriotic speeches being said! But after a few days have passed,…
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.