Lost In Translation..!
There I was, standing in a police station somewhere deep in Tamil Nadu, anxiously watching the officer behind the desk scribble away, “Sir, what happened?” he asked in English. I carefully explained the whole incident: My car brushed against another vehicle, and the angry driver insisted I accompany him to…
Time to Dream, Rahul..!
There was once a man who had no army, no money, and certainly no WhatsApp IT cell to spread his message. Yet, he took on the might of an empire, rallied millions behind him, and built a nation with an idea. His name? Mahatma Gandhi. Contrast that with Rahul Gandhi, who…
Washing or Kissing Feet..!
Last evening, due to unavoidable circumstances I had to attend a political meeting of a top leader in the ruling party. I watched in absolute horrified fascination, as the man literally like a Tarzan in a a comic book, stared disdainfully at the crowd, waved his hands, thumped his chest,…
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…
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.