People say they want honesty. They demand it. They post about it. They frame it on their office walls. “Speak the truth,” they declare with moral authority, usually while hoping nobody actually does. Because the moment someone does, the room changes temperature. Let us imagine a simple family gathering. Everyone…


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.