A strange silence follows a ceasefire. Guns pause. Missiles rest. Men who were ready to pull triggers now wait with fingers hovering over decisions instead. And somewhere, in homes that still have walls standing, mothers hold their children a little tighter, not because the danger is over, but because for…


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.