As I watch the Bengal elections, I imagine a foreigner friend asking me, “How can a candidate win an election without a debate?” To show him we could also have what the west had, I decided to organize one. We picked a moderator. “Your speech will make the difference!” said…


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.