There is a frightening moment in choral singing when the entire choir begins to lose pitch. Nobody notices it at first. The sopranos are singing confidently. The altos are following the sopranos. The tenors are following the altos. And basses, being naturally humble people, are following everybody while looking as…


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.