The members of the club appeared a disgruntled lot as their President conducted their weekly meeting. A bespectacled man, normally very quiet, but today greatly agitated, rose from his traditional place near the door, his face pale and manner perturbed, “Mr President,” he said, and his voice quivered with concern,…
Stop Lying, It’s a Bad Policy..!
With our country getting to be the biggest creator of Fake News, we also have the unenviable distinction of being the biggest liars. But lying isn’t good for business, or whatever else you are doing? Good old honesty is still the best policy. That one can still be counted a…
Take Courage..!
A couple on their honeymoon were about to get into bed at their hotel when a masked burglar broke in. He drew a chalk circle on the floor, beckoned to the husband and said, “Stand there in that circle. If you step out of it, I shall shoot you through…
Salt.. !
Salt was a bone of contention in the early years of marriage as my wife, a doctor, who had warned me her hands were not made for cooking, managed to also keep the same hands very often from adding that extra bit of salt I sorely cherished. We adjusted, me,…
Skipping Your Meals?
Very often I hear men and women saying very proudly how they skip meals. “I don’t have breakfast!” says a fast paced executive. “Me neither!” says his secretary. “Why do you do this?” I ask, surprised. “No time Bob, no time,” they say, and it’s for them and many others…
Oops..!
Yes, oops, is what the people in Mumbai said, who drove their cars across the newly repaired Gokhale bridge, connecting Andheri East and West, drove high above the railway line, and then found to their shock they could not drive to Juhu, because the Juhu arm of the bridge was…
Perfect Pictures for the Public..!
It was the strangest photo I’d seen. It showed two men shaking hands with each other, one his face gleaming with a huge smile, the other a look of absolute puzzlement on his face. The gleaming smile was meant for the cameras. The gleaming smile gentleman had turned his face…
Spotting and Killing the Mosquito..!
Since the mosquito menace is spreading and the municipality has asked citizens in the city to spot the mosquito carrying the dreaded dengue, I thought I’d do my bit for the country: “What are you admiring your arm for?” asked my wife. “Sssshhh!” I whispered, “you’ll scare it away.” “Scare…
Your Ticket Is All Inclusive..!
There’s so many of us who wonder why we’ve been thrown into this cruel, hard world, with it’s misfortunes, betrayals, dishonesty and more. Some shudder at hardships, depression and tough days they wearily crawl through, grey, dark and dim, with no sign of abatement. Nanda Devi is surrounded by a…
An Uncharged Phone..!
Last night, was out for dinner with friends and I’d come back late, but did what I normally do, which is charge my phone before jumping into bed and off to sleep. This morning, I looked puzzled at a blank screen. The phone had not charged. Now, I’ve spent quite…
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.