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A voice devoid of external influences
TARIQ A. AL-MAEENA There have been recent indications that the credibility of Indian journalism is questionable, especially during an election year.  A South Asian media watchdog, The Hoot, discovered that “political parties and individuals with political affiliations own and control increasing ...
A reader’s elucidative response
  Tariq A. Al-Maeena     In response to a recent column I wrote titled “From Mohamed to Mohandas”, an Indian sent a credible reply that deserves publication.  For lack of column space, some sentences and phrases were edited. Syed Ali Khizir Imam writes: “I ...
In praise of those who toil for the welfare of others
TARIQ A. AL-MAEENA There are many expatriates who come to this country to do their job and move on.  They keep themselves focused on what they have been recruited for, and generally keep to themselves.  However, there are some individuals who ...
Driving in Saudi Arabia: Her two cents’ worth
  Tariq A. Al-Maeena     In response to a column I had recently written about our collective failure on the roads, an American lady who had been a resident of the Kingdom for a number of years before calling it a day sent ...
From Mohamed to Mohandas
  Tariq A. Al-Maeena     Secular India suits only the Hindu majority in India or so it seems according to some of the minorities living there.  Democratic principles rarely apply to the minorities making it a sham to refer to India as the ...
We have collectively failed!
  Tariq A. Al-Maeena     Failure is defined as one of many things: Lack of success; the neglect or omission of expected or required action; or the action or state of not functioning (Oxford Dictionaries). Regretfully, all three conditions apply to the worsening ...
An expatriate sounds off
  Tariq A. Al-Maeena     My recent column on the plight of long-term residents of the Kingdom, many born here and grown accustomed to a Saudi way of life, prompted a reader to send me the following response which I have edited for ...
Make way for halal chocolate
  Tariq A. Al-Maeena     The British love affair with chocolates is legendary and secondary only to the Swiss. In a study carried out a couple of years ago, consumption by weight of chocolate per head in Britain exceeded any EU country. And ...
Things that just don’t make sense
  Tariq A. Al-Maeena     Residents of this country are occasionally taken aback by events or incidents that simply defy logic.  In most cases such events are human generated and not acts of nature.  Here are a few examples: Following the conclusion of the ...
The right to live here
  Tariq A. Al-Maeena     IN the face of the current climate of mass deportations of illegal residents, there has also been an underlying wave of resentment from some Saudi quarters against all expatriates.   It is undeniably an unjustified thought and has risen ...
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