Maldives and Laughing at Ourselves.!
Though the remarks by the Maldives deputy minister in ridiculing our PM as a ‘clown’ and a ‘puppet’ are immature and uncalled for, I do believe the bigger thing to have been done in this situation was for the PM to have laughed it off, instead of making it a…
Namaste, She Said..!
‘Namaste!’ she said, as all of us in the New York church turned to greet whoever was sitting by our side on Christmas Eve. For a moment I was startled. I was thousands of miles away from home, and the last thing I imagined I’d hear was a ‘Namaste’! She…
Clearing the Stink…!
There’s no doubt the reckless act by the five youngsters in Parliament is a very serious one. But just as a wise parent goes deeper into why his or her child caused a tantrum, we as a nation need to delve into this episode, especially after realising it was not…
Never Again..!
After the Second World War, and knowing the atrocities committed by Hitler, the world vowed that never again would they allow such to happen, or such a person like him to rule unhindered. Looks like the world quickly forgets. I do remember that Night of Terror exactly fifteen years ago…
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…
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.