Bob’s Banter by Robert Clements

Yesterday morning I received a rather urgent phone call. “Bob,” said a voice on the line, “the engineers have come […]

War has finally arrived at our dining table. Not with tanks, not with soldiers marching past our windows, but with

Around where I live the temperature has climbed to forty-two degrees centigrade. Forty two. The kind of temperature where the

India won. Not in kabaddi, not in gilli-danda, but in cricket. We thrashed New Zealand, and a few days earlier

Something quite extraordinary has happened in our country this week. Silence. Not the peaceful silence of meditation. Not the calm

Tomorrow is International Women’s Day. Across the world women celebrate freedom. Hard won freedom. The right to vote. The right

India has quietly become the global headquarters of war expertise. Not in the Pentagon. Not in NATO headquarters. Not even

This morning I began my sixth book. Sixth. Which either means I am hardworking or that publishers have not yet

Ninety-seven runs in fifty balls! That is not a cricket score. That is a public announcement that the bowlers may

War is that strange human hobby in which we destroy everything we have built, and then hold conferences to discuss