Dehradun, Sept. 14 -- Rajiv Prakash.

Why put the cart in front of the horse? Most writers run that risk, especially when writing a love song for Robert.

'Remember it's Robert! Learn to roll it off your tongue as the French do! Not like the flat English 'Robert' as the locals used to call him,' says Moni Ghai, whose family owned the Kwality chain of restaurants and who now lives in retirement in Rajpur.

The Robert we're talking about first showed up in the station with a troupe of cabaret artists, billed as 'Robert and His Danish Beauties', at Hakman's Hotel.

'They should have been named 'Robert and his Vanish Beauties!' remarked Lillian Skinner, adding, 'They were all over the hill!'

When Mr Hakman passed away, his widow ran the hote...