And as I looked at the scenario surrounding the death of the late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, and police forces of two states pitted against each other, I wondered where this was going to lead? “Sir,” said a constable, “We have a pickpocketing near the railway station, “shall I start…
Are You an Idiot?
“Mother!” cried the little girl, “I don’t want to go to college anymore! The lecturer called me an idiot!” The mother left her cooking and walked over to where her daughter sat, “And are you one?” “I don’t know!” whispered the girl and the mother watched sadly as a tear…
The Rain, Destruction, and the Lakes..!
For weeks I’ve been hearing the sound of the pitter patter of rain outside my window, but was told that though the rain was falling in the city, it wasn’t falling in the lakes, which meant that after the monsoons retreated there would be a scarcity of water in the…
Talking Himself To Death..!
Do you speak on the phone and drive? Like this young man driving the latest fancy car who had an arm on the steering wheel and the other hugging his cell phone in an intimate embrace. “Did I wake you up?” he asked, speaking seductively into the mouthpiece. “No,” replied…
God Will Take Care of You..!
Last year while visiting the home of my former class teacher, all of ninety-six years, she asked me to sing to her and I sang my favourite, ‘If His Eye Is On the Sparrow!” In my mind I wanted to leave her with the assurance that if a God above…
A Biting Tongue..!
‘When someone blushes with embarrassment, when someone carries away an ache, when something sacred is made to appear common, when someone’s weakness provides laughter, when profanity is required to make it funny, when a child is brought to tears or when everyone can’t join in the laughter, its a poor…
The Teapot Can Only Boil for So Long..!
Listen to Varuna Clements Thalla, former Bloomberg TV anchor, interview Amrita her sister, a Clinical Psychologist and therapist with a Masters from Seattle, about the pandemic and how its affecting people. Listen on not just to the easy banter between both, but also to very significant tips, on how to…
Don’t Wanna Leave the old white house..!
And in an old white house somewhere in Washington, an old man with blonde hair, shaped in a peculiar way, stood staring out of the window, “This old house gets to you!” he murmured to himself, “Need to stay here a while longer!” “Thought you didn’t much care for me…
Changing Our Business Model..!
In building a business, there’s a certain amount of time you spend, pitching sales for your business to succeed and then your business model will have to sell by itself! What we as a country need to focus on is long term benefits, not short term gains: Oh yes, I…
The World Won’t Stop For You..!
One day, while standing on the balcony of a tall building, I looked down and saw a funeral taking place in a cemetery. I also saw next to the same graveyard, a football field, where a game was in progress. It was a strange feeling, seeing sorrowful emotions on one…
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.