“Dad?” asked my elder one, “what’s happened to the friend you used to be quite fond of, the one who was like a brother to you?” “We’ve fallen apart!” I said gruffly. “And you never tried to repair the relationship?” she asked. “I did,” I said, “but I don’t think…


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.