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Only progress matters

03 Nov 2022

Subrata Das — jettisoned by a world that’s never tired of touting social uplift as its mother motive and the cornerstone of a balanced universe — sleeps under a clear...

The quest is wearing off

13 Oct 2022

Life, for him, was like a green courtesan walking by and in the process leaving behind a waft — bordering on the amorous — which lingers on for weeks. And...

Bread for all

22 Sep 2022

Everything goes up in smoke when the oven is cold. Let’s speak to a fellow human being, who doesn’t have the means to light the oven, and he will make...

You can’t party when your voters are struggling

01 Sep 2022

When one has to wait for an hour for the bus to arrive, when one has to join a kilometre-long line to get the car refuelled, when one has to...

The invaluable sorry

11 Aug 2022

Agreed, the fabric of sorry isn’t curative in character, but the word is invaluable because it is an unquestionable darn. True, sorry can’t undo losses, but it can make them...

Unfailing leadership

21 Jul 2022

The beauty of promise is that it gives birth to living man’s most powerful driving force, hope, which keeps our universe ticking. Therefore, we heard, we read and re-read the...

Rhetoric sells

30 Jun 2022

Most politicians are like some beautiful women. The exterior does the trick. Qualities really don’t matter. Such politicians are free from the extraordinary burden of seeking education, free from worrying...

Save the irreplaceable drop

09 Jun 2022

It’s morning. A young man, dressed in a pair of shorts and a vest, arrives at a roadside tap. He places his bucket below the flowing water, which is cold...

People’s leader

19 May 2022

Where there was thirst, sweet water has been flowing; where there was painful paucity, delicious dishes have become a regular affair; where there were unimpressive houses, picture postcard dwellings have...

Books are indispensable

28 Apr 2022

Why books? Because they help us develop a vision of life, guide us and never fail us. I read my Holy Book. I stood corrected. I stood armed for life....

Shaadaab 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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