The NEET examination scandal has now reached a stage where reports suggest the Indian Air Force may be used to transport examination papers. Read that again. The Indian Air Force. Not to defend our skies. Not to monitor hostile aircraft. Not to protect our borders. But to carry examination papers…


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.