The moment a son or daughter says they are marrying someone from another faith, homes that once echoed with laughter suddenly sound like courtrooms. Charges are framed. Judgments are passed. And somewhere between anger and fear, we reach for our favourite accusation. Love- jihad. Forced conversion. Brainwashing. It is dramatic….


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.