The price of gold has gone up, the cost of diamonds too So what do I get my beloved what is it I should do? I dare not get her clothes, they don’t seem to fit she says, I dare not get her gifts, they’re expensive these days. So what…
The Valentine Monument..!
The old government architect smiled to himself as he sat at the tea shop he frequented. His assistant who sat next to him though appeared a tad worried. “No more will people sneer at me and ask what have you built that people will remember you for!” he said with…
As The Crow Wrongly Flies..!
It was while looking through the window glass I saw the crow. He was looking directly at me, and I knew he wanted his feed. I opened the window to put his food on an upturned pot which served as his table, but he grew frightened with the swoosh of…
Yellow, Yellow, Jaundiced Fellow..!
A couple of years ago as a member of an international social organization the club had a problem in hand and a decision had to be made. The committee that met were divided on how to handle the issue and a vote was called for. Each member was asked for…
Let’s Go Fly A Kite..!
It was a week after the funeral. She had buried her hard working accountant husband, who had painstakingly worked from morn till sundown, risen from clerk to bank manager, sent two children to college and jobs abroad and with his income, given her a comfortable life style. It was a…
Turn their World Into Colour..!
“Would you like to see the pictures I clicked?” the old lady asked me as I sat at a restaurant in Chicago, where I had come to stay for a few days. I looked at her, she had been sitting alone at the next table and had waited for this…
A Toothache and a Sparkling Thankyou..!
It’s when I brush my teeth I think! Yes, that’s a bit strange isn’t it? But the comfortable feel of toothbrush bristles on my willing to be massaged teeth lull me into a relaxed state and that’s when ideas, thoughts and plots jump out of my mind, waiting to display…
As Tall as the Mountains..!
Just a few years ago while travelling through New Zealand, I penned my thoughts as I stared with awe at glaciers, rivers and lakes, glowworm caves, all of virgin beauty I’d never seen before. Birds hopped nearby, unafraid, squirrels romped around, all knowing no fear, as they had no predators…
Crumbs Under the Table..!
Are you eating crumbs falling under the table? Right next to where I write this column everyday, I have a large window, and am visited most all the time by a host of different birds and many squirrels. They come and sit on my windowsill, some stare fearlessly as I…
The Masks are Off..!
Initially, as news of the horrible virus spread, terrified people hurried for flimsy masks available at stores, rummaged for thicker, longer ones the shopkeeper said, would keep them safe not just from the virus but from any ailment under the sun, and settled for those Batman and Phantom would have…
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.