Khalid Saleem

BREXIT inevitably brings back several memories related to the classic tension (?) across the Channel. For one thing, the British-French stand-off had never quite left…

IT would be hard to find anyone who has not heard or read jokes featuring the (absent-minded) professor. With the possible exception of the mother-in-law…

THE one thing that the corona-virus Pandemic has brought in its wake is the realisation that nature abhors inequality. The Pandemic does appear to have…

PASSAGE of half a century has not eased the pain of the traumatic events of 1971. Much has been written on the subject. Most analyses,…

Nature is a great leveler; it refuses to differentiate between the developed and the under-developed, the rich and poor. If the world opinion-makers would wake…

The unwelcome developments of late have had the unwelcome effect of turning whatever life there was upside down on this blessed planet. Most people, particularly…

  IN a topsy-turvy world, beset as it is with such pestilences as globalisation, what hope is there for the wretched man in the street?…

WHY is it that any mention of sport these days must involve that of pelf? It is as if the good old days, when sport…

WITH the pall of gloom cast over the world, this can hardly be termed as an auspicious time to be talking of doomsday scenarios. But…

  Inequitable apportionment of water resources is fast becoming the cause of tension in several regions of the world. Our region is no exception. In…