Suresh

Pattali

From The Diaries

I read The Old Man and the Sea at bedtime. It is my bible. Rest of the time, I’m a battle-hardened fighter like Hemingway’s fisherman. Even as I flirt with the Web, Print journalism stays at my heart. It’s a lifelong affair. I’m a foot soldier of the Print who vehemently fights to safeguard the queen of the media. I would prefer a shower of ticker tapes on my last journey to the cemetery of Lino and Print veterans.

my students to read the psalms of articles and prepositions from Wren and Martin as my mortal remains are spooled for the last edition. I still wouldn’t forgive those who believed English is a smorgasbord of words arranged on a platter with a smattering of articles sprinkled randomly.

A Selfie In Words

A veteran with more than 40 years of journalistic experience, I have been associated with various international newspapers, including in India,
Singapore and the UAE. I presently work as the Executive Editor of Khaleej Times, the first English daily from the United Arab Emirates, and write the weekly column, Life’s Like that, beside exclusive news reports. I have authored three books of essays and am presently attempting to write a period fiction

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Proud Moments

The Moscow launch of my book Write Feelings by presenting a copy to Vladimir Grigoriev, Deputy Head of Russia's Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communication. Vladimir insisted I autograph the book with date. He was keen to read the chapter about Soviet literature

Mohammed Galadari, Group Chief Executive Officer & Co-Chairman at Galadari Brothers Group; and Ibrahim Galadari, Group Chief Investment Officer and Director at Galadari Brothers, releasing Suresh's book, Life's Like That, at V Hotel Dubai.

World Exclusives

Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi, the Myanmar democracy icon and 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, talks to Suresh a few days after she was released from15 years of incarceration.

Nurses in terror custody

I break through terror barricades and lay a "hotline" to 46 Indian nurses held captive in 2014 b Islamic State militants at the Tikrit Teaching Hospital in Iraq. My reportage played a big role in securing their release.

Sri Lanka's forgotten heroes Lalith Prasanna

I track down Lalith Prasanna Galappaththi, Sri Lanka’s middle distance runner with international gold and silver medals under his belt, who now works as a taxi driver in Sharjah; and DW Prasantha, another record holding athlete who works as a security guard in Abu Dhabi.

Journalism awards

Awarded for best Feature Writing in 2013 for a critique on the need to reinvigorate the Dubai Shopping Festival and bring back it's original spirit

Received Feature Writing Award from in 2014 for an article on the need for the Dubai Shopping Shopping festival to go sustainable.

Reflections, essays, and commentary.

Acclaimed Newspaper Designs

I am proud to present some of my team’s finest designs over the years. They are not merely chronicles of a nation or the world, but the result of an editorial effort that has earned numerous international awards for excellence in presenting news, views, and reviews.

Photography

Being born into a family that ran a photography business is one thing; inheriting the craft, talent, and artistic sensibility from one’s elders is quite another. My uncle, Sreedhar Pattali — equally skilled in photography and charcoal drawing — was my guiding force. Driven by a desire to excel in both fields, I left no stone unturned in mastering the craft, eventually earning more than a dozen awards in these disciplines.

Poems

A natural transition from prose to poetry happens when the writer experiences extreme pain and the heart takes charge of rendering emotions.

Suresh’s poems are born from the death of prose at critical moments, when ordinary language fails and only poetry can bear the weight of suffering, transforming pain into meaning.

Footprints of a writer

A writer’s gallery of published PDFs serves as both an archive and a living testament to creative labour. More than a repository, it becomes a curated intellectual space— where writing is not merely consumed, but documented, revisited, and placed in dialogue with time, history, and readership.

Blogs

Reflections, essays, and commentary.

Feature Writing Award (2014) Sustainability in Dubai Shopping Festival

Blogging at the core is about having a voice and using it well. Blogging at the core is about having a voice and using it well. When consistent blogging reflects depth of thinking, readers begin to trust you as someone who understands the subject. This is Suresh’s personal archive — of his own learning, growth, failures, and insights. Nothing more, nothing less.

Best Feature Writing Award (2013) Critique on reinvigorating Dubai Shopping Festival

Feature Writing Award (2014) Sustainability in Dubai Shopping Festival

Blogging at the core is about having a voice and using it well.

Travel

I cannot rest from travel: I will drink
Life to the lees: All times I have enjoy’d
Greatly, have suffer’d greatly, both with those
That loved me, and alone, on shore, and when
Thro’ scudding drifts the rainy Hyades…
— Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s poem Ulysses

Suresh

Pattali

From The Diaries

A Selfie In Words

Books Hub

The Sum of Yesterdays

Life is Like That

Write Feelings

Proud Moments

World Exclusives

Journalism awards

Reflections, essays, and commentary.

Acclaimed Newspaper Designs

Photography

Poems

Footprints of a writer

Blogs

Feature Writing Award (2014) Sustainability in Dubai Shopping Festival

Best Feature Writing Award (2013) Critique on reinvigorating Dubai Shopping Festival

Feature Writing Award (2014) Sustainability in Dubai Shopping Festival

Blogging at the core is about having a voice and using it well.

Travel

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