Since I’ve been working from home for quite a huge part of my writing life, a number of friends and relatives have suddenly started calling me after the present coronavirus scare to ask how to go about it, “Well!” I tell them and then disappear offline as the wife asks…
Look Beyond The Boos..!
“We’ve had enough!” screamed the pretty college girl, her eyes flashing with anger as she stood in front of the audience, “and we’re packing up and going! We entered this contest to try and win a prize not to be booed by you all!” There was consternation; shouting and jeering…
Hating To Part Syndrome..!
I’m sure you’ve seen this happening as much as I have: You and your wife have finished an evening in a friend’s place, have had dinner, spent time on long conversations, covering many topics, and then it’s time to go. You and the missus walk to the doorstep, you say…
Dealing with Sudden Death..!
Suddenly, there’s the smell of death! It’s terrible when a loved one dies suddenly. There is no warning, like you have during a sickness. No time to say goodbye. No time to adjust your mind, no time to make up for fights or quarrels which are such an everyday occurrence…
Ask and It Shall Be Given..!
After fifty years an old man met another old woman whom he’d known in his youth. He remembered her as a winsome beauty and someone all the boys were after. “I wanted so desperately to marry you!” he said. “Why didn’t you?” she asked. “I was scared you’d refuse!” said…
If Pimples Are Your Problem, Use…
As a teenager, I quite often faced pimples, and sometimes a single pimple sprouting out of my face could wreck my confidence, my evening and even make me lose a date! I remember an ad that used to come out, “If pimples are your problem, use Clearasil!” Tons of the…
Corona Virus Cure for You..!
No, this is not some fancy mumbo-jumbo about mixing carrot juice with onion peel, and topping it off with a peg of vodka to keep the dreaded virus away. Nor, is it a religious concoction of putting your hands on the TV set for healing! Something I’ve observed in any…
Drunk Girl..!
The doorbell rang, a watchman stood outside my door. It was two in the morning. “Drunk girl on the staircase sir!” he said. I called out to my daughter to come with me. We walked to the building near the gate. She was sprawled on the first floor landing, my…
Bank Collapses, Ice Creams and Chocolates..!
The world-renowned economist walked out of the airport, after the emergency call I’d made to him, to visit our country after the series of bank collapses. “What I recommend for your nation is to spend, spend, spend! Don’t save. That way you have guarded yourself against your banks which are…
Our Foreign Minister and Our True Friends?
“The reaction of other countries and global bodies to matters such as the new citizenship law and the changes in Kashmir had helped India find out who its friends really are”, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday. Wrong sir. A true friend is not one who will agree…
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.