When monarchs fail to fight off the tyranny of unease, what are commoners. In the case of kings it is authority that’s responsible for the unease as aptly put by...
I belong to the hoi polloi, therefore, I have a hoi polloi wish.And that is peace so that every day everybody doesn’t talk of inflation and everybody doesn’t talk of...
I belong to the hoi polloi, therefore, I have a hoi polloi wish. And that is peace so that every day everybody doesn’t talk of inflation and everybody doesn’t talk...
In City A, a man was feeling thirsty. He drank a glass of water and thanked its provider. In City B, a man was feeling thirsty. He did the same...
Not lame duck followers of political philosophies, but ethically rich individuals, deeply and steadily soaked in humane values, are the need of the hour as far as leaders are concerned....
Can we go through life without a major sacrifice? The answer is no and I hate that, but hatred doesn’t change reality. No matter how hard we try, sooner or...
Only a demon will ignore their (below photo) right to live, right to grow, right to enjoy the fruits that life offers, right to become the insatiable love of their...
It was 1987. I got off the auto-rickshaw and nearly crashed on the pavement. I literally grabbed bottles of cold water from one of the vendors in the city of...
The results of the Indian general election, announced on June 4, 2024, once again underlined the age-old belief among seasoned practitioners of democracy that those in power have to fulfil...
In wars, thousands of children, women and men are killed and houses destroyed. The exercise, often executed in the name of seeking justice, involves nothing but the decimation of human...
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.