Why Wash Feet, Touch Them…!
In Indian culture, touching the feet of elders or respected figures is a gesture of reverence. But there’s something far deeper than tradition in that act—it is the outward sign of an inward humility. A posture of heart, not just of body. And perhaps that is why it is 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.