AboutArticles by Shaadaab S. Bakht

Let’s spread warmth

25 Jan 2024

The quiet town of Ayodhya is really cold in winter, but this year it was different. Heartfelt warmth, capable of almost outsmarting mother’s love, intervened in unimaginable volumes to dramatically...

Lawmakers need to perform

23 Nov 2023

It’s election time in some Indian states. And I love elections. I really love them because electioneering is such an entertaining medley of huge promises, verbal assaults, tall claims,...

A good teacher matters

02 Nov 2023

Pouring rain, thunderbolts, blown-out hurricane-lamp, rickety boat, but we had no choice. We were warned about it by our elders before we had set out to cross the river to...

We all need listeners

12 Oct 2023

She was 65 and vibrant when she left what I grudgingly call the world. Why grudgingly? Because the drowning of migrants as we talk about keeping them away as if...

French ban on abaya disturbing

21 Sep 2023

As I understand Islam and its history, and I think I understand them right, the Prophet (PBUH) was a political liberal. Islam’s stated position on religion makes that abundantly clear....

It should have been off sight

31 Aug 2023

A famous soccer personality is in deep trouble after his kiss was declared offside. It was an innocent expression of joy, he insists. Landing on a set of bare lips...

Some names do leave us amused

10 Aug 2023

I used to have a colleague. He was born in London. He was raised in London, worked for a while in the United Arab Emirates, and then went back to...

Hatred stinks

20 Jul 2023

Attacker, If you have the courage of your conviction and if you seriously believe that you belong to one of the world’s most progressive societies and if you, like the...

I wish there was nothing called change

08 Jun 2023

I, like most ordinary mortals, hate many things about life. One of them is its changing nature. The trigger for this discussion is the following page from my friend’s diary....

Not lazy, they aren’t materialistic

18 May 2023

A good number of people, including a large number from the province of Bengal, strongly feel that the people of the state are very warm, very hospitable and compellingly intelligent...

Shaadaab S. Bakht

Shaadaab S. Bakht, who worked for famous Indian dailies The Telegraph, The Pioneer, The Sentinel and wrote political commentaries for Tehelka.com, is Gulf Today’s Executive Editor.

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