“Can the people see what we are doing?” asked the minister anxiously, looking out of his window. “No, sir,” replied his secretary. “The smog is excellent today.” The minister relaxed. At last, an infrastructure achievement that provided complete coverage. Across the city, buildings were rising, visibility was falling, and accountability…


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.