There was the sound of a police jeep and heavily armed policemen entering my neighbour’s compound as I stepped onto my balcony, “What’s happening?” I shouted to my neighbour. “Sedition!” he shouted back as he opened the door and let the police in. “I called the police to arrest my…
In Safe Custody..!
“Hey! Hey what are you doing?” “Taking you into custody sir!” “But do you know who I was?” “Yes sir, that is why we are taking you into custody!” “But this is no way to treat a former minister!” “We have no choice!” “Who said that?” “Who said what sir?”…
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.