Now that the monsoons are fast approaching, our authorities have suddenly discovered trees. All year they pass them without emotion. The trees stand there quietly, giving shade, oxygen and free beauty to people who otherwise have to stare at traffic jams and political banners. Nobody notices them. But the moment…


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.