Old Mr. Sharma had opinions—strong ones. If you asked him the time, he’d tell you who ruined the country first. And if you asked him who, he’d lower his voice, glance around dramatically, and whisper a name—always from the same community. But fate, as they say, has a wicked sense…


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.