“Go ahead,” said my friend to his wife. “You decide.” She did. His expression suggested she had just declared war on a neighbouring country. “Why ask me if you’ve already decided?” she demanded. “I wanted your opinion!” he protested. Apparently, her opinion was welcome, provided it arrived wearing his clothes…


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.