Inspirational Stories, spiced with Humour
I read with a shudder that Maharashtra is allowing homeopaths who complete a one year course in modern pharmacology to prescribe certain allopathic medicines. What an extraordinary shortcut! Perhaps tomorrow, after attending a weekend workshop, I will be permitted to fly an aircraft. I have travelled frequently, watched pilots entering…
As the US celebrated it’s 250 years of Independence, I watched dramatic pictures of fireworks accidentally setting parts of the 143 year old Brooklyn Bridge ablaze. For a few anxious moments it looked frightening, but the fire was quickly brought under control and, thankfully, the bridge itself suffered no structural…
I think Indian Railways should immediately introduce one more announcement on Mumbai’s suburban trains. “Dear passengers, please avoid asking anybody to close the train door. You may lose your life.” Absurd? Not anymore. There was a time when boarding a Mumbai local meant risking a squashed foot, a torn shirt,…
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.
