“It must be quite traumatic for you all?” I asked, “First you are all spent after having fought and won the elections, and then you are herded into a resort, to keep you from being poached by a cash rich party?” “It is all because of those poachers!” said an…
Now What?
And as everybody heaves a sigh of relief, two men scratch their heads, one hits a bald pate, the other his neatly coiffured grey hair. “Now what?” “I don’t know!” “You better work something out. Your ideas got us where we are, but now, after yesterday, there’s nothing more to…
A Stitch In Time Saves A Drilling..!
“Root canal job, and looks serious!” said the dentist as he peered into my mouth “Is it going to be expensive?” I asked. “This could take a few visits,” said the doctor as I saw my bank balance sliding purposefully into his lab coat pocket. “Shall we start today?” he…
Pollution Over the Capital..!
“Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking! We are finding it difficult to locate the capital because of intense pollution! I will have to request each of you to help by looking out of your windows and try to locate any familiar landmarks!” “Yes, yes! I can see my…
Jes’ Keep Playin’..!
Players win, players lose, players prepare, players practise, players get hurt but players get up. No matter what the outcome is, players keep playin..!. After years of hard work, Thomas Carlyl finished the manuscript of his book and gave it to a friend to read. The friend’s housekeeper mistook the…
A Note From My Dad..!
While looking through my bookshelf this morning, I found a book, my dad had gifted me, before he passed away; the autobiography of Nelson Mandela. In the inside cover my dad had also written a note for me, “Dear Bob,” he’d written, “Courage comes in many forms, but to turn…
Two Fried Eggs and Not Satisfied..!
Was enjoying my coffee on my terrace garden this morning, watching friendly squirrels and birds pecking at pieces of bread I’d thrown for them, then slowly began to feel restless, even as I was enjoying the most peaceful moments of my day. I pondered on this and realized that this…
Shoes for the King..!
Maybe it’s the beard! “It’s certainly not any halo you have around you!” chuckles the wife, when I tell her that very often unknown people confide in me secrets that make me wonder what makes them do so: Like my wife says she’s certain it’s not any halo, so I…
Dare Go Out and Bat..!
When my book DARE was getting ready to be launched, I didn’t miss an opportunity to go to book stores and see what the competition was like. “How are the sales of your motivational books?” I would ask a book seller. “Sometimes beats fiction sales!” he would say happily, making…
Grandpa, Grandma and Suicide..!
Grandpa and Grandma always got very excited when they recalled the old days they were together. They made a decision, one day to make it “yesterday once more”. They made a date on the riverbank they used to go when they were young. The next day, Grandpa got up six…
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.