AboutArticles by Shaadaab S. Bakht

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...

His door was flung open to every troubled visitor

29 Jan 2020

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...

Philanthropy really matters

23 Jan 2020

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 some people...

The fire is spreading

09 Jan 2020

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...

It’ll not be fair for leaders to play with pets and watch on TV migrants battling for water

31 Dec 2019

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...

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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