It looks like all the much worked at ingredients of a good civilization are being destroyed! There was a time, dear reader, when world leaders shook hands like gentlemen, smiled warmly, and spoke with polished decorum. Of course, they were often plotting each other’s downfall, but how civil they were…


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.