“Restrained, Detained, Contained!” I read aloud, admiring the newspaper headline. “Rats?” asked my neighbour. “Young protesters!” “Oh,” he said. “For a moment I thought the municipal pest control department had finally achieved something.” What magnificent rhyme! Somewhere in Delhi, I imagined an official wiping away a grateful tear. Finally, a…


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.