There was the sound of a police jeep and heavily armed policemen entering my neighbour’s compound as I stepped onto my balcony, “What’s happening?” I shouted to my neighbour. “Sedition!” he shouted back as he opened the door and let the police in. “I called the police to arrest my…
Throw Out the Sambar..!
Since my wife has gone to New York to see our daughter, I’m on my own, and quite often treat myself to ordering food from hotels nearby. This morning was spicy vadas which I’d got out of bed dreaming about! The hotel sends me a lot of sambar, which from…
Sale! Sale! Sale! BUT DON’T BUY..!
Festival sales have started! Newspapers have full page ads blasting ridiculously low prices into your eyes and TVs into your ears! Every item you don’t require is on sale! Yes, you heard it right; don’t require! Have you ever realized that what you need you’ve already got, and what’s on…
BANG! Shooting Dead a Sikh Officer..!
Bang! Just one bullet! Not from the gun of Houston Deputy Sheriff, Sandeep Dhaliwal, who as a police officer had the authority to shoot, but from the gun of a motorist he had stopped. The man ran behind Officer Dhaliwal, pointed his gun to the back of his head, and…
Said the Robin to the Sparrow..!
“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…
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.