There is a strange disease spreading through society, and it is called cultivated lateness. It is not caused by traffic, monsoon potholes, or missing auto rickshaws. It is caused by insecurity. Some people do not arrive late because they have to. They arrive late because they believe it adds importance….


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.