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...
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...
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...
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...
Truth never fails. And of that universal conviction are born men of honour, who hitch their destinies to truth, in return for a life of ethical fulfilment and prosperity. And...
ON SHARING Some people, especially the morally coarse, are happy to hitch their destinies to materially galloping values, in return for a life of ceaseless luxury. But...
ON PREJUDICE Life, long or short, is a walk. And I was chosen by destiny to walk through the incredible India. And I am very happy about that. The...
At the stroke of midnight the pages of our diaries changed, but for some they didn’t. They remained the same. They read the same: struggle, tears and empty promises. They...
ON INDIAN CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT ACT There was a sense of swirling unease because he hadn’t slept for days following a week of communal clashes in which many were injured....
ON AGE 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...
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.