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Money, a great palliative

Money, a great palliative

14 Oct 2021

Greed is definitely bad, but certainly not money. Let’s go for it. I tell youngsters that one should go for money, but take the right path. We should work hard...

We mustn’t compromise on women’s progress

We mustn’t compromise on women’s progress

23 Sep 2021

Insatiable libidinal adventurism, made filthier by in-born male fallibility, contributed gradually, but irreversibly to the commodification of women over centuries. And once that horrible and destructive transformation took place there...

Deprivation triggers terrorism

Deprivation triggers terrorism

02 Sep 2021

It is hard to believe that a young man blows himself up just to go down as a martyr. Permit me to state that the lure of martyrdom doesn’t have...

Fight against pandemic must go on

Fight against pandemic must go on

12 Aug 2021

The demonic prowess of catastrophe is piercing and unbending. But there are a few who employ the courage of their conviction and free-flowing confidence to stand up to its unrelenting...

It's time we fixed it

It's time we fixed it

22 Jul 2021

The deep-rooted puritanical belief that human suffering is always the fallout of human misdemeanour is misleading, if not entirely wrong. It is merely, one feels, aimed at making coffee table...

Dilip Kumar turns immortal, Modi and Imran lead tributes

Dilip Kumar turns immortal, Modi and Imran lead tributes

08 Jul 2021

If death had had the luxury of breaks, it would have definitely taken one on Wednesday. The king is dead. And he did commit a wrong. He left a slot...

The darker it got, the brighter they became

The darker it got, the brighter they became

01 Jul 2021

When grief explodes the ordinary crouch, the extraordinary take it by the horns, and see a newness of purpose in taking on full blast the unrelenting assault. They create light...

Mr Reporter, apologies don’t uncoffin losses

Mr Reporter, apologies don’t uncoffin losses

11 Jun 2021

I am a journalist and I know that some members of my fraternity do exaggerate, do distort, do fictionalise, do sensationalise and do not always speak the truth. They, like...

Coal miners fuel faith

Coal miners fuel faith

20 May 2021

Knowledge undoubtedly is power, my friend believes. And I fully agree with the age-old contention. In keeping with that standpoint, he invests a good deal of his money in books....

We are all creations of words

We are all creations of words

29 Apr 2021

If we didn’t have words we wouldn’t have had this life of ours. We are all creations of words. If man hadn’t invented words I would have been like the...

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.