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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

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 they were locusts,

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.

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 London. One afternoon he walked into my flat and saw me oiling my hair. He shot off a question, “What are you doing?” I replied, “I am oiling my hair, trying to fight hairfall.”

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 cultured in your part of the universe, value the power of reason and not celebrate prejudice with pride like the ill-bred and insecure do, then you should find ways to

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,

Loneliness can only be fought

27 Apr 2023

The demands of modern life, nurtured to their abhorrent health by unrelenting materialism, invariably leave us self-centred.

Wrong-doers aren’t born

06 Apr 2023

It was the Kolkata of the eighties. We went to watch an Amitabh Bachchan film on a crowded Sunday and ended up buying tickets at a premium.

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.