Clap! Clap! Clap! at 5 pm..!
And as I joined my nation at 5 pm, clapping, what I heard were not just the sounds of two hands joining together to produce applause, no, what I heard was unitedness, togetherness, a singleness of purpose, a collective positivity, a unanimous feeling of bonding, shoulder to shoulder, hand in…
Barn Building and the Corona Calamity..!
Suddenly, arrogant, loudmouthed leaders of the world, some closer home, who with sneers, jeers and taunts, poked fun at others, have changed their tone. Some had great plans to reshape demography, recreate borders and rebuild their nations, using cunning, clever and Machiavellian ideas, they had even stolen from the handbook…
Our Foreign Minister and Our True Friends?
“The reaction of other countries and global bodies to matters such as the new citizenship law and the changes in Kashmir had helped India find out who its friends really are”, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday. Wrong sir. A true friend is not one who will agree…
STOP Hate Speech..!
Nearly a thousand years ago, a king got his close friend murdered, just because of words he shouted in anger. It was Henry II, King of England, who shouted with rage, “Will no one rid me of this troublesome priest?” This friend was Thomas Becket. Four knights who felt it…
Communal Bias..!
As I look at the division that’s being created by a particular party and that is taking our country by storm, and see the blatant disregard for people belonging to a particular community I felt it is time that we the educated and influencers realize and make a mission 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.