The Mahatma’s Cleanliness Drive…!
“Our greatest ability as humans is not to change the world, but change ourselves,” …… Mahatma Gandhi. And as the nation went on a cleaning spree yesterday, with most everyone taking a broom and sweeping beaches, grounds, and everywhere where the lens of the camera could reach, I imagined…
Owners and Tenants..!
“Come over to my house Bob,” my friend said over the phone, “and bring the family too! I want you to see my new home!” We went over along with another couple he’d invited. The watchmen were polite and explained that there was a parking slot for visitor’s cars and…
Those Who Didn’t Believe In Us..!
There were smiles on her face and tears of joy as Coco Gauff won the US Open. She was given the mike as is the custom, and without a moment’s hesitation thanked God for giving her strength to do her best and beat the mighty opponent who she’d won against….
Arresting Journalists..!
Many, many decades ago, while riding my motorbike as a teenager, I crashed into a car and was badly injured. At least the blood all over made others feel I was terribly hurt and the ones in the car, who were actually mechanics and were testing the brakes of the…
Don’t Shoot the Messenger..!
In the good old days when kings sat in their castles and sent their men into battle, quite often, guards from his fort watchtowers would shout, “Lone horseman riding to the fort!” And soon, they would identify him through his banner as one of their own, coming from the battlefield…
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.