“What?” I angrily asked the two birds that morning while they looked in at me, outside my window. Were they laughing at me? They seemed to be giggling. I didn’t have time for their childish behavior and slammed the window shut. This happened a few weeks ago, I was exhausted,…
Raped, then Jailed..!
A young student files rape charges against a former Union Minister, and even as the alleged rapist is led off to prison, we hear that higher ups have retaliated by arresting her and putting her in jail! A poor girl from Unnao sees family members killed and injured as she…
Guidelines for Fliers Not to Get Offloaded..!
With planes returning to base even if passengers ask for what was previously called ‘service’ and remembering how a passenger, Dr David Dao, was dragged out of an aircraft and severely beaten up by the crew of United, I, with a huge dose of humour which I hope airline crew…
Just A Spider Sir..!
I swear its eyes were furious as it looked at me. It had built it’s web from the sides of my bathroom window, across, to a decorative steel pole a foot or two away, and by accident, as I strove to put on a switch, my hand had gone through…
Henpecked Husbands..!
Once in a while, when going with a friend to visit someone I am warned before I reach, “he is a henpecked husband!” “Oh!” I whisper, and go with quite some apprehensions of a wife pecking away at every statement her husband makes, and he sitting forlorn and dejected in…
Choosing Good Friends..!
In my book, ‘DARE’ which should come out quite soon, I have a chapter, ‘Dare to Make and Keep Friends’, but today I’m not going to quote from my book but about choosing friends! As the old adage says, “A Man is known by the company he keeps” and so…
Scared of Rejection?
Most of us are scared of rejection, aren’t we? I remember years ago, when I worked as a salesman in my dad’s company. So, there were times when I nearly made a sale but the customer would say that he would call the next day and confirm the order. I…
The New Normal..!
“The Supreme Court asks for normalcy in the Valley’ Hindustan Times, 17th Sept Many years ago, my father lay dying in my home of a cancer that had reached its last stages. But to us, his children, everyday was a different day. Somedays, when he was cheerful, we all were…
Forwards and Rituals..!
Throughout the night they wait, these creepy crawly FORWARDS! They hide In cyberspace, these monsters, waiting for the crack of dawn, and with the sun’s first rays, they scream, shout, and pounce on unprepared me with whoops, and blood curdling battle cries and fill my Whatsapp inbox, till choked and…
Why Less Cars are Being Bought..!
With this onslaught of ridicule on the poor Finance Minister’s reasons for the automobile industry slowdown, I decided to come to her rescue and do my own detailed study on why less cars are being bought. The first person I met was a car thief, “This automobile slowdown has hit…
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.