Civil War at Home..!
Quite often I see family run businesses where the father on paper has passed the mantle onto his son or
Read more.March 5, 2023
Kick Temptation Away..!
Of late, priests, godmen, gurus and other religious leaders are showing a sordid side of themselves! Rape, molestations, blackmail, assaults,
Read more.March 4, 2023
Ban the Blanket..!
Horror of horrors! A news item appearing in Indian newspapers sometime ago, mentioned that the blankets offered by the Indian
Read more.March 3, 2023
Busy Making a Billion..!
Spent an evening at the club, with a gentleman who knew one of India’s billionaires when he was coming up,
Read more.March 2, 2023
Best Education in the World..!
And as different governments over the years have addressed all the wrong problems in our educational system, I can only
Read more.March 1, 2023
It’s Not the Taj..!
As I hear about names of cities being changed left, right and centre I see members of the heritage committee,
Read more.February 28, 2023
Cunning People in Our World..!
We glory in cunning, but being clever without compassion makes a cheat of you! Quite a few decades ago I
Read more.February 27, 2023
The Puppets and the Puppeteer..!
“Who told you to put all our savings into that bank?” shouts a distraught wife as she looks at her
Read more.February 26, 2023
Standing Tall On Mount Road..!
I’m in Chennai to speak at a function and as I drive down Mount Road, I know it’s got another
Read more.February 24, 2023
A New Olympic Event..!
Suddenly in Mumbai, the city where I live there’s digging, and digging and digging again, going on at a furious
Read more.February 24, 2023
A Broken Plastic Bangle..!
I could feel the tension. The man serving chai at the corner stall looked at his two customers as they
Read more.February 23, 2023
A Good Investment..!
No, I’m not talking about selling the Adani stock and buying something else, but another investment, when I went back
Read more.February 22, 2023














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.