In a Bombay housing society, nothing unites people faster than a leakage. Not festivals, not elections, not even free samosas at the AGM. But one drop from the ceiling and suddenly the entire building becomes emotionally, technically, and spiritually involved. It begins innocently. A faint patch appears on the ceiling….


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.