He’s gone now, to the great beyond, but many years ago, as I returned from my walk, I used to find a slightly oldish man waiting for me, his back bent, body trembling with Parkinson’s, but eyes staring eagerly at the gate. As soon as I entered, they lighted up;…


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.