Inspirational Stories, spiced with Humour
At a conference in Cochin, a Sunni cleric reportedly declared that their religious texts teaches women to remain inside their homes, and that bringing them into public spaces could cause great destruction. I looked outside nervously. Women were everywhere. One was driving a bus. Another was performing surgery. A third…
The morning papers headlined PM Modi’s latest announcement, of handing over his social media accounts to women on Women’s Day, March 8. Sounds like a grand gesture, doesn’t it? A modern-day digital chariot ride for women achievers, paraded before millions of followers. But before we break into applause, let’s pause…
“You can’t park inside the compound!” Priya stopped backing her car into the vacant space, next to her building and looked at the angry old man who was standing behind, blocking her way, “Who are you?” she asked. “I am the secretary of this society and you are not a…
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.
