‘Convert Confidence in Ourselves’ Law..!
As I sip my morning coffee and flip through the papers, I can’t help but notice something that’s becoming as predictable as potholes during our monsoons—yet another law being passed to protect us from ourselves. This week’s winner? The Love Jihad law. Next up? The Anti-Conversion law. And while they…
An Indian Makeover Is a Must..!
Was chatting yesterday with an editor of an American magazine. Now she may have looked like the average Manhattan professional—coffee in one hand, laptop in the other—but she was born in Taiwan. “My country,” she said, “is tiny. But look how the world guards us.” Guards them? You’d think she…
Influencing, Reels, and a Life Lost..!
She should’ve been swinging a racquet on court, not shot dead by her father. Why was she killed? Because Radhika Yadav, a celebrated state level tennis player made reels. Because she wanted to be an “influencer.” Ah, the word that gets thrown around these days like confetti at a wedding—influencer….
Once Religion, Now Language..!
It began with religion, right?Now it’s language.And if you’re listening carefully, you’ll hear not just the shouting on the streets, but a strange silence in the corridors of the old guard—the ones who first taught this nation how to divide. Because this new wave? This isn’t their doing. It’s the…
Shout From the Mountaintop, Sir..!
At the BRICS Summit in Rio, our Prime Minister stood tall, chest puffed and chin high, thundered, “The Global South is not being heard!” Bravo, Sir! Bravo! Clap! Clap! Clap! I almost stood up and did a little bhangra right in front of my laptop. But then I paused. You…
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.