Say what you want, but I feel there’s something that’s slowly making an impact on India, one that is making the ruling party afraid, and that is love! Yes, Rahul Gandhi, instead of returning bitter speech with anger, is using the greatest tool man can ever use, love: Hugging the…
Find Out Before Doing..!
As I see the stupid flyover rebuilt in Andheri, in Mumbai, which is six feet higher than one of the arms leading to Juhu, and hear the ridicule the government has to face over it, I am also reminded of the time a few years ago when air-conditioned local trains…
Handling Angry Words..!
“Miss,” says the little fellow running after his class teacher, “He called me a bad word!” The wise teacher looks at her young student, “And what did you do to provoke him to say that?” No, I’m not defending the boy or girl who said an ugly word, but very…
Ransomware and the Postman..!
All over the world people look at their computer screens waiting for Ransomware or some cyber terrorware to pop out and devour them and their computers. In a home one evening, a father looked at his two children and sighed, “I guess we’ll have to go back to the postmen…
Precise, Coloured and Detailed..!
Something that saddens me no end, is how speakers, writers, preachers and so-called life coaches try to get by without in-depth knowledge and with just superficial rhetoric. Either it’s because of lack of facts, spreading ourselves thin with engagements or relying too much on voice and delivery to fool audiences…
No Fancy Fittings Sir..!
This is a continuation of yesterday’s story where a super deluxe hotel room, with a bathroom with fancy fittings, alas, did not have hot water…. And then in my mind I walk to the room which is not a ‘super deluxe room’ and go directly into the bathroom. The taps…
No Hot Water Sir..!
Went out of the city two days ago, and as I entered the fancy hotel where I was put up, I was told by the manager, “Sir, you have been given a super deluxe room!” “Thank you,” I said, quite impressed by the way the ‘super’ was stressed by the…
A Bigger Fool than the Fool..!
The only certainty of life is death. And yet most of us continue living as if death will never visit us. We do not prepare ourselves for it and live as if we are going to live forever. A little girl lay dying and she was afraid. Her friend, the…
Ease the Pounding of my Heart.!
Many years ago, much before the invention of the cell phone, there were many moments you could have a break. Take traveling in a local train; it was so different! You jumped into the compartment, got a seat for yourself if you were lucky, and then as the carriages rolled…
Safe Landing through Human Angels..!
Many, many decades ago while on my grandmother’s knee I was told a story of how her son, my uncle an air force pilot found his plane was on fire, “He jumped out!” whispered my grandmother, “and angels brought him safely down to earth!” It was much later I learnt…
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.