It stings, doesn’t it? To be mocked on the world stage. To have a foreign leader—not exactly known for consistency or tact—toss our economic efforts aside with a sneer, label us a “dead economy,” and then, while we bend over backwards to accommodate his whims, leave us humiliated in front…


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.