Opinion | Off the Cuff
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Wednesday Aug 1
Innocence and its sibling, forthrightness
A child’s curiosity should not be restrained
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Tuesday Jul 31
Admiring Olympic athletes from the comfort of my couch
Without athletes we may forget that there was life beyond the couch
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Monday Jul 30
Spare a thought for dwindling sparrow population
There’s a lot we can do about the environment
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Sunday Jul 29
Banking on Trust
Wealth of memories from a professional world
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Saturday Jul 28
Matching up to the double life of commas
You’re welcome to your comma, but please omit it after ‘and’, ‘or’, or ‘but’
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Friday Jul 27
The joys of package holiday deals
Take a hop-on-hop-off sightseeing tour of your hometown
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Thursday Jul 26
Of studies and their all too apparent conclusions
The relationship between inertia, active involvement and obesity
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Tuesday Jul 24
What’s on the cards?
Planetary positions could hold a key, or so it seems
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Monday Jul 23
Sometimes, a warning is best heard if it is never spoken
Learning to help your children develop a sense of independence and responsibility
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Sunday Jul 22
Mortal beings, immortal memories
There were lessons to be learnt throughout my grandmother’s life journey
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Saturday Jul 21
How makers make their mark without meetings
The use of ‘maker’ is rooted in a new understanding
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Friday Jul 20
Why lose sleep over a little dirt and grime?
None of my family members notice the dust and grime at home
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Friday Jul 20
Off the Cuff: The pencil initiative
The wooden foundation of one’s education
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Thursday Jul 19
Off the Cuff: Odd encounters at the races
I witnessed a man morph into a baby, weeping copiously into his beverage
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Wednesday Jul 18
Off the Cuff: Getting ready for Ramadan
Now that Ramadan is round the corner, I will stop carrying all that food
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Tuesday Jul 17
Off the Cuff: Enjoy eating your own way — without inhibitions
When it comes to table manners, throw your inhibitions away
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Monday Jul 16
Off the Cuff: A parent seeks out a positive alternative
The negative assertive, without the pangs of a guilty parent
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Sunday Jul 15
Is your vocabulary in shape for the Olympics?
‘Athletics’ is itself a sport — but did you know?
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Saturday Jul 14
Snippets to change your life
Snippets to change your life
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Friday Jul 13
Off the Cuff: Straight from the rubbish pile
Going on a junket with junked food
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Thursday Jul 12
Off the Cuff: Grumblings of the forgetful hitchhiker
Hollywood movies make hitching a ride look easy, but it’s not
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Wednesday Jul 11
Being paranoid about passwords
It pays to keep your passwords in a safe place — and easily accessible
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Tuesday Jul 10
People need to accept me for who I am
Anyone who makes an aesthetic choice out of defiance, is making the wrong choice
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Monday Jul 9
An indomitable will to win
The bottom line is that battles are primarily won in the heart
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Sunday Jul 8
A journey for the mind
Perhaps reading is the norm while travelling on train
Opinion Editor's choice
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Emiratis ‘not frightened’ of expat impact
UAE’s aspirations larger than its population, so it has to live with imbalance
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Avoiding an irreparable disconnect in Kuwait
Looking for a cause: Youth protests in Kuwait
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Time for ‘Kerry Peace Plan’
Obama should not be hand-tied because of Israel’s influence in US Congress
