AboutArticles by Shaadaab S. Bakht

George Floyd paid for something he had no control over

11 Jun 2020

BLACK LIVES MATTER Love needs years to succeed, brutality minutes. We just saw an evidence of that on May 25 in the world’s most powerful democracy, the United States....

COVID-19: Life tailors you

29 May 2020

Mirth, it wasn’t full, but there. Because we were meeting after a very long time. The hour was quite cold and deeply slothful, but the sun, though faint, took good...

In God they trust

15 May 2020

ON RELIGION The roofs are missing, the walls are missing, the pillars are missing and also missing are the doors and the windows, but what isn’t missing is faith...

Underprivileged hardest hit

01 May 2020

ON CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 is making everybody pay, but it is making the poor pay more. Weeks ago an Angolan broke all the rules of lockdown. He left us stunned,...

Whole universe needed to crush COVID-19’s satanic sceptre

16 Apr 2020

ON VIRUS One can’t. Nobody can, nobody has. What? Ignore truth. And the truth is that COVID-19 remains unstoppable and has to be jointly fought. Its satanic vigour is...

Humanity has become COVID-19’s dartboard

02 Apr 2020

ON CORONAVIRUS Last night was a dreadful night. I wanted to reach my destination, but I couldn’t. I couldn’t move because the roads were jammed by a ruthless and...

Coronavirus: Are the heavens angry?

19 Mar 2020

ON COVID-19 I hope the Maker isn’t in a rage. I am tempted to come to that scary conclusion after I read about orders to shut down mosques, churches...

Indians not a chance breeze

05 Mar 2020

ON CITIZENSHIP LAW A man can be beaten to death. In fact, he has been. But what can’t be beaten to death is his belief. He was buried, but...

Food before faith

21 Feb 2020

ON DELHI ELECTION The bell tolls. Who is behind it? When asked a Delhi slum dweller went on to say, “I didn’t ring it because I am too hungry...

Malaise of bonded labour

06 Feb 2020

ON THE HELPLESS Our bus rolled into Dhampur, India. It was winter and just before midnight. The temperature was around three degrees Centigrade. I wanted to check out on...

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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