AboutArticles by Shaadaab S. Bakht

Stress has no cure

19 Mar 2026

When monarchs fail to fight off the tyranny of stress, what are commoners? In the case of kings, it is authority that’s responsible for the stress (uneasy lies the...

BNP has to perform

26 Feb 2026

It got cloudy. It really got dark. It began to rain. “You know what? This is the right weather to have smoked rice with fried fish,’’ reacted my grand...

Life is smart

05 Feb 2026

A journalist decided to interview me some weeks ago. Permit me to share the excerpts. Q: How does life appear to you now? A: I am over the hill...

The UAE is a product of commitment

01 Dec 2025

The world watched as the thud of the Emirati strides transformed with telling effect the land on which flew the new nation’s flag. Winters are always a pleasure in...

Sarah, an influential part of the world is looking up to you

30 Oct 2025

She used to treat the physically sick. And now she will treat the morally sick, a job men thought men did better. It took fourteen hundred years to rubbish...

Desires do age

09 Oct 2025

The cock used to crow at the glimmer of dawn. It was so lovely for him to hear it herald the day. More so because the day then held...

Sweet move, bitter end

18 Sep 2025

THE REPORT: Nestle investors were pitched back into choppy waters recently after the Swiss food giant changed its CEO for the second time in a year, ousting boss Laurent...

Never-ending unhappiness

28 Aug 2025

After a marathon tea session devoted to discussing the Middle East and Ukraine crises, my heavily politicised brothers and I decided to go shopping. The tea session, during which...

Set the young free

07 Aug 2025

In height, he was impressive. In terms of possessions, he was a dwarf. And he looked hideously mauled not by the stinking animal that lives in the jungle, but...

Killing for peace

17 Jul 2025

He was exactly a week into the New Year. Some of the balloons were still fresh in the rooms and the huge courtyard. Some of the unused candles were...

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.