AboutArticles by Shaadaab S. Bakht

The beginning is always beautiful

03 Jan 2025

Quite a number of young men find Communism irresistible, but as they move deeper into their relationships disappointment invariably sets in. I was no different. It is so because...

Misrepresentation of faith

12 Dec 2024

I have been told, obliquely and bluntly, that my faith is not progressive. Not once, not twice, but several times by several people and on several occasions, I have...

Stress is invincible

21 Nov 2024

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...

Tomorrow doesn’t have a face

06 Nov 2024

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...

Tomorrow doesn’t have a face

31 Oct 2024

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...

When everything is the same why fight

10 Oct 2024

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...

UAE leaders mean business

19 Sep 2024

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....

The inevitability of sacrifice

29 Aug 2024

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...

For the sake of children

25 Jul 2024

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...

Time is running out

04 Jul 2024

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...

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.