Suddenly two old men in our country, reaching the age of seventy-five seem to be dreading giving up power and post. Retirement for the two has suddenly become the dreaded “R” word. They, who once thundered, “Everyone must make way for the young!” may soon be filing petitions for “extensions,”…


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.