The Tariff of Hate..!
As fresh tariffs are slapped on Indian exports, the world watches with raised eyebrows and recalibrated spreadsheets. Economists mutter about supply chains, trade deficits, and currency pressures. But while we scramble to respond to these external challenges, there’s a heavier, more invisible burden that India drags along—a burden not imposed…
A Judge, a Fire and a Storeroom of Cash… !
It must have been quite a fire. Not the kind that crackles merrily in a fireplace while you sip hot cocoa, or the one that children dance around on a crisp winter night. No, this was the kind of fire that doesn’t just burn wood or paper—it burns illusions. The…
Privatisation: A Tragic Trick..!
For a small amount you can travel all around the New York subway, and even use the same ticket for the connecting bus! Because public utilities are meant to serve you – government investments to help you work efficiently, make more money and pay some back to the city as…
One Day is a Lifetime Too Late..!
Justice B.R. Gavai, standing before the people of Manipur yesterday, spoke with the reassuring tone of a Supreme Court judge, “Have faith in our Constitution. The Constitution will ensure peace returns fully to Manipur one day.” Ah, the dreamlike quality of those words: One day! Not soon, not tomorrow, not next…
Build Bridges, Not Bonfires..!
“Did you hear? They’ve brought out a movie about Aurangzeb’s brutality!” cried my neighbour, his eyes widening with excitement, as though the Mughal emperor was about to storm into our apartment complex. “Oh wonderful,” I muttered, “just what we need, another reason for people to glare suspiciously at each other…
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.