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Farrukh Dhondy
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In his words: "I am just a professional writer, which means I don't do blogs and try and get money for whatever I write."
    Conservative party leadership contender Liz Truss looks on before the live television debate for the candidates for leadership of the Conservative party, hosted by Channel 4 in London, Friday, July 15, 2022. (AP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Cosying up to Liz… To get a Cabinet job, or become...

    “Oh Bachchoo, we grow with fairy tales Then some move on to hairy tales Look around you, the world is scary tales...

    27 Aug 2022 12:02 AM IST

    Salman Rushdie (AP file photo)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | The targeting of Salman Rushdie: Shadow of the 1989...

    “The furtive magpie crouched and stitched the ground With ever still a watchful, wary eye For any sign of movement...

    20 Aug 2022 12:03 AM IST

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    Farrukh Dhondy | When religions, cults dominate, truth a casualty &...

    Religion has, throughout history, dominated the realms of politics and governance

    13 Aug 2022 12:12 AM IST

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    Farrukh Dhondy | UK Labour lists all that’s wrong: Cronyism, hate &...

    “If youth has no respect for age It puts all heaven in a rage. If fashion dominates your fate It predicts the ruin...

    6 Aug 2022 12:25 AM IST

    Piers Morgan.Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Chumocracy and the media: Web of friendships fuel UK...

    “The most difficult thing Which I can never get right,” The Rocket Scientist said, “Is ironing the...

    30 July 2022 1:02 AM IST

    Conservative party leadership contender Liz Truss looks on before the live television debate for the candidates for leadership of the Conservative party, hosted by Channel 4 in London, Friday, July 15, 2022. (AP)Opinion
    With just 2 left in Tories’ PM race... Can Brutus be crowned...

    “O Bachchoo let temptation compel To wine and waste; you already know well There is no forgiveness for human...

    23 July 2022 1:30 AM IST

    British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak (Photo- AP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | If Conservatives pick ‘ethnic’ PM, will racism in...

    Gentle reader, it seemed and even now is quite possible that one of these ethnic candidates will be the next Prime...

    16 July 2022 11:55 PM IST

    Front pages of British national newspapers, each leading with a front page story of the resignation of Boris Johnson as leader of Britains Conservative Party, are arranged for a photograph in Downing Street, the official residence of Britains Prime Minister, in central London on July 8, 2022. (AP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Hedgie, Javid were boulders that broke the camel’s...

    “Why is virtue always compared To the straight and narrow path? Why do they call it “sleeping with” ...

    8 July 2022 11:55 PM IST

    Britains Home Secretary Priti Patel. (Photo:AP file)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Will BoJo and his chamchi Clueless get me deported...

    The irony, gentle readers, is devastating and one would cry if one didn’t laugh

    1 July 2022 11:39 PM IST

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    Farrukh Dhondy | Should we stop reading writers whose views are truly...

    Religious and regional rivalries, breeding even genocidal prejudice, have bedevilled history

    25 Jun 2022 12:40 AM IST

    Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson attend a news conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Trouble mounts for BoJo all over UK: Will Rwanda come...

    Today the British government claims that Rwanda is the safest, most progressive, internationally engaged country in...

    17 Jun 2022 11:03 PM IST

    Queen Elizabeth II (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Why royalty in Britain works: Few in favour of a...

    In the last week, for three officially designated days, Britain celebrated the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

    11 Jun 2022 12:14 AM IST

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