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Leave the Trees Alone

Leave the Trees Alone

15 Dec 2022

It used to be such a pleasure when the wind blew. When it blew through thousands of its leaves and dozens of its branches. Its tip was often seen brushing...

Let’s share what we have

Let’s share what we have

24 Nov 2022

The rage took off in the angry eyes of the man, sped through his face in scary doses, to land on his lips. A torrent of embarrassing expletives followed and...

Only progress matters

Only progress matters

03 Nov 2022

Subrata Das — jettisoned by a world that’s never tired of touting social uplift as its mother motive and the cornerstone of a balanced universe — sleeps under a clear...

The quest is wearing off

The quest is wearing off

13 Oct 2022

Life, for him, was like a green courtesan walking by and in the process leaving behind a waft — bordering on the amorous — which lingers on for weeks. And...

Bread for all

Bread for all

22 Sep 2022

Everything goes up in smoke when the oven is cold. Let’s speak to a fellow human being, who doesn’t have the means to light the oven, and he will make...

You can’t party when your voters are struggling

You can’t party when your voters are struggling

01 Sep 2022

When one has to wait for an hour for the bus to arrive, when one has to join a kilometre-long line to get the car refuelled, when one has to...

The invaluable sorry

The invaluable sorry

11 Aug 2022

Agreed, the fabric of sorry isn’t curative in character, but the word is invaluable because it is an unquestionable darn. True, sorry can’t undo losses, but it can make them...

Unfailing leadership

Unfailing leadership

21 Jul 2022

The beauty of promise is that it gives birth to living man’s most powerful driving force, hope, which keeps our universe ticking. Therefore, we heard, we read and re-read the...

Rhetoric sells

Rhetoric sells

30 Jun 2022

Most politicians are like some beautiful women. The exterior does the trick. Qualities really don’t matter. Such politicians are free from the extraordinary burden of seeking education, free from worrying...

Save the irreplaceable drop

Save the irreplaceable drop

09 Jun 2022

It’s morning. A young man, dressed in a pair of shorts and a vest, arrives at a roadside tap. He places his bucket below the flowing water, which is cold...

Shaadaab S. Bakht

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.