The other day I was walking past a shop window and noticed a mannequin standing there with more confidence than most politicians I have seen. Chin up, shoulders back, dressed better than the average wedding guest. People stopped. Stared. Some admired. And one fellow even adjusted his own shirt as…


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.