No Debates in India..!
As I watch the Bengal elections, I imagine a foreigner friend asking me, “How can a candidate win an election without a debate?” To show him we could also have what the west had, I decided to organize one. We picked a moderator. “Your speech will make the difference!” said…
Gladys Staines and her Certainty..!
A few months ago I watched the movie, ‘The Least of These,’ I’m not going to talk about the movie here, but what it brought back to me, was my meeting with Gladys Staines, just after the gruesome murder of her husband and her two little sons. Even as she…
Hush..!
*Hush!* An angel whispered into my ear, ‘Bob tell your friends this brand new year, That if they get on their knees and pray, God will handle woes that come their way.’ Dear friend, even as I greet you this year, May this assurance bring you good cheer! That all…
Bollywood On A Bloodied Chessboard..!
There’s a giant chessboard set up in the city of Mumbai, with only two pawns, both Bollywood actresses scrambling all over it’s surface, even as the two players, one a Central Giant and the other a State Tiger play their moves! Over a billion spectators, tired of listening to only…
Your FORECAST for TODAY..!
Are you troubled about your today, or worried who holds you as you step into your tomorrow? Well, here’s an incident where a weather man and an astrologer mixed up their forecasts for the day, and see what happened? …CLICK HERE ***************************************** Would love to hear from you in the…
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.