Quite often I see an apology in the newspapers for some news item wrongly reported, or see a crime movie where the slick lawyer says, āIām sorry your honour!ā But in both cases, I know it was either the fear of litigation or repercussions from His Lordship that brought on…


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.