Rectifying India’s Bruised Ego..!
Ah, a billion or more of us have our cheeks swollen again! Not from a cricket ball hurled by a Pakistani fast bowler, but from the slap of Uncle Sam’s indifference. We lie bruised because the American administration—led by Trump, the dealmaker-in-chief—has not treated us with the reverence we’ve been…
Profiteering and Funding a War..!
During the Second World War, stories were told of black marketers who hoarded cigarettes, butter, and sugar, and sold them at obscene prices. The world despised them. They were looked at as parasites, gnawing at the miseries of ordinary folk, profiteering while others bled. But here in India, oh how…
Don’t Waste Our Money on Roads..!
Ah, so once again we cut the ribbon, light the lamps, and smile for the cameras as our Prime Minister inaugurates ₹11,000 crore worth of highway projects to decongest Delhi! Bravo! The champagne corks must be popping in cement companies and contractors’ offices even as I write this. But pardon…
Disrespect to the Constitution..!
Ah, how easy it is nowadays to be guilty of “disrespecting the Constitution!” All you need to do is ask a question, and boom—you’re branded as a criminal, a rebel, or worse, an anti-national. Today it’s Rahul Gandhi. Tomorrow, it could be you. And who are the judges of such…
Jyoti Sharma and a ‘Lesser’ People..!
It stings, doesn’t it? To be mocked on the world stage. To have a foreign leader—not exactly known for consistency or tact—toss our economic efforts aside with a sneer, label us a “dead economy,” and then, while we bend over backwards to accommodate his whims, leave us humiliated in front…
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.