While growing up, a favorite place I loved visiting was an aunt’s bungalow: There were guava trees and mulberry trees to climb, but what I loved most was playing with her dog Bruno. And then one day, I was told Bruno had passed away and the next time I visited…
A General is Dead..!
A General lies dead! Was it an act of war? Sabotage? Pilot error? Mechanical failure? He was not killed on a battlefield leading his men, not from an act of vengeance for some previous act to save the country, but dead, traveling on his own warhorse, piloted by his own…
The Cathedral Builder..!
Was walking along the aisle of one of the most magnificent cathedrals in the world, looking with wonder at it’s lofty columns, how they arched into holding the spectacular roof, way, way above my head when I saw the board inside: “Are you a Cathedral Builder?” I stopped awhile and…
Breaking the Spirit of Not Just Dogs..!
Every day I saw him with his terrified dog. Leash in one hand and stick in the other, he screamed, shrieked and shouted commands to the poor dumb creature and if the four legged fellow failed to comprehend or refused to obey, the stick swished the air and came down…
Be Strong..!
My mother, God bless her soul, always told me I was well loved because I had three mothers! What she meant was that I was loved by not just her but also her two sisters, and I equally loved them back. The last of the sisters passed away a few…
A Sad Santa..!
It’s December, and here in New York, Christmas décor is already seen everywhere. I saw a Santa Claus, “Hey Santa!” I said to the sad looking Santa Claus standing near a mall, “You look a little sad, come on give us one of your Ho! Ho! Ho’s!” “Not up to…
A New Hitler: General Omicron..!
The new strain of Covid-19 strikes again, under its guerilla warfare chief Gen Omicron! And as we like little ants fortify ourselves, building walls and digging moats against the beginning of another formidable attack from this General and his troops, why don’t we learn a few lessons from the terror…
Just a Dirty Bamboo..!
It lies on my table; a piece of wood, actually a bamboo with holes in it. I pick it up, glance at it, nothing spectacular in its looks, nothing to talk about, actually, what’s there to talk of a dirty bamboo with holes all over? In fact other pieces of…
Just a Gate..!
Many years ago in the Land of Andhor, there lived a mighty king who loved to do pleasing things for his subjects the people of Andhor! One day while holding court there came to him many wise men from his kingdom who pleaded with him that bandits and other robbers…
A Blood Red Rose..!
It was with a weak hello she answered the phone. “Rosy!” I asked, “May I write about you?” “What’s there to write about me Bob?” she asked, a smile in same feeble voice. “Plenty!” I said, and my mind went to the magnificent pots she coloured and which I said…
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.