As the year closes there is always that awkward pause. It sits somewhere between the last cup of tea and the pillow that beckons. We look back and quietly count the days that could have been better. The words ‘if only’ parade past our minds like a highlight reel of…


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.