Was flying from Mumbai to Istanbul, a month ago, and as usual was checked and my baggage double checked at the airport, “I guess it’s because of my beard!” I told the security officer as he nearly tried to pull my beard off to see if it was real!…
You Will Never Grow Old..!
You will never grow old, While there’s love in your heart. Time may silver your golden hair, As you dream in an old rocking-chair, You will never grow old. Don’t be fretful, or regretful, That you will grow old much too soon. With a love, dear, to dream of, dear,…
Learning and Earning..!
Most of today’s billionaires earned while they learned! And maybe that’s one reason there aren’t too many in India, since many of those billionaires abroad learned a lot from the jobs they worked at even as they studied. I’m certainly not anywhere near being a billionaire, nor aspiring to be…
Perseverance and Chandrayaan 3..!
In a day or two, we will all watch Chandrayaan 3 land on the moon. Why we will all be tense is because of the crash landing that happened the last time. But what we should all be proud of is that after that we didn’t quit. We decided to…
Treason In the Neighbourhood…!
There was the sound of a police jeep and policemen entering my neighbour’s compound, “What’s happening?” I shouted to my neighbour. “Treason!” he shouted back as he opened the door and let the police in. “I called the police to arrest my wife and children!” “Whoa! Whoa!” I shouted as…
The Anti-Sin Bill..!
Around twelve years ago, we, imitating Anna Hazare, wore boat shaped hats upside down, waved the Indian tri-colour, organized candlelight vigils, sat outside the houses of MPs and ministers, screamed our lungs out with slogans against corruption, and felt good as a government relented and decided to introduce a bill against…
Vajpayee and India Shining..!
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Droupadi Murmu, and NDA leaders paid floral tributes to the former prime minister and Bharatiya Janata Party stalwart Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his 5th death anniversary at Sadaiv Atal’ memorial two days ago, I hoped there were others from the opposition also who did…
A Nation, Happy Together..!
As we go through times in our nation, where some are happy and others aren’t and some feel they deserve more happiness than others because of their religion or riches, have we ever thought that happiness is something that should be shared? An anthropologist studying the habits and customs of…
Technology Wins Against You and Me..!
One of our leading English dailies had an interesting quote once. It said that “Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than at each other…” How True! Try visiting a friend. You may land up standing at his doorstep furiously ringing the doorbell. You do hear the…
Imbalance on Independence Day..!
I stood with the rest of the gathering, at attention as the strains of Jana Gana Mana ended, and the National Flag was hoisted. I watched as those around me walked away for their light refreshments, , and then heard voices around me, “It’s not balanced!” “Yes sadly it isn’t!”…
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.