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Farrukh Dhondy
About the AuthorFarrukh Dhondy
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."
    Anti-Brexiteer activist Steve Bray holds placards and an EU-themed umbrella as he stands outside a conference centre in central London on December 4, as talks continue on a trade deal between the EU and the UK. (Tolga Akmen / AFP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | The empire strikes back! Secret plan is unveiled

    Several individuals with an ex-colonial ancestry infiltrate the Tory Party and diligently rise to high positions

    5 Dec 2020 9:13 AM IST

    Screengrab from A Suitable Boy. (Twitter)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Row over a kiss: It’s puritanism, not a breach of...

    There is no puritan tradition in Hinduism which would forbid the depiction of two lovers kissing outside a KFC shop or a...

    28 Nov 2020 5:12 AM IST

    An illustration picture taken on November 19, 2020, shows a vial with Covid-19 Vaccine sticker, a syringe and an earth globe. (AFP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Vaccines on the way… amid talk of conspiracies,...

    When the vaccine was announced, instead lining up for a shot, I read all manner of lunatic anti-vaccine propaganda

    21 Nov 2020 12:00 AM IST

    PM Narendra Modi (AFP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Open letter to PM Modi: Let Bharat Mata set an...

    -"Narendraji, there is one country that can offer examples of an attitude, a policy towards the future and set ideals...

    13 Nov 2020 10:05 PM IST

    President Donald Trump supporter Steve Roberts plants campaign signs near the Seminole Heights Public Library polling precinct on November 3, 2020 in Tampa, United States. After a record-breaking early voting turnout, Americans head to the polls on the last day to cast their vote for incumbent U.S. President Donald Trump or Democratic nominee Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. (AFP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | A divided America is battling for its -'soul-'

    Gentle reader, democracy requires you to choose your side!

    7 Nov 2020 11:57 AM IST

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    Farrukh Dhondy | Communist MP in Britain was Tata’s cousin,...

    The book is called Comrade Sak and is written by Mark Wadsworth, a black British writer with Caribbean roots

    31 Oct 2020 9:41 AM IST

    This re-enactment of the Chicago 7 trial, with Bobby Seale, the only black defendant, bound and gagged in public when he vociferously protested against a judgement of the bench, was also an essential and telling record of US history.(Twitter/@hitRECordJoe)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | OF CABBAGES AND KINGS

    Tried! When Arun Jaitley batted for art and when my films weren’t banned

    24 Oct 2020 11:21 AM IST

    The Egyptian queen is be played by Gal Gadot, an Israeli star of Greek lineage. Her ethnicity has caused what the clich© appropriately calls a Twitter storm. (AFP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Multi-ethnic casting rows nothing new, just look back

    Last week a new film on Cleopatra was announced and the Egyptian queen is to be played by Gal Gadot, leading to a...

    17 Oct 2020 9:54 AM IST

    A White House statement about the call did not give any specifics on the two leaders discussion of trade issues. (Photo: File)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Will India too leave ‘divided histories’, like US...

    The mass support, “diverse” and white for BLM, indicates that Britain too wants to leave divided histories behind.

    11 Oct 2020 6:53 AM IST

    Red, white and blue lights illuminate 10 Downing Street, the official residence of Britains prime minister, in central London on January 31, 2020, after Britain left the European Union at 2300GMT. Brexit supporters gathered outside parliament to cheer Britains departure from the European Union following three years of epic political drama.(AFP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Had UK Home Secy been in post in 60s, she wouldn’t...

    Patel suggested immigrants who attempt to cross the English Channel to land illegally in Britain, should be transported...

    3 Oct 2020 6:50 AM IST

    Britains prime minister Boris Johnson speaking in the House of Commons in London on September 23, 2020. (AFP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Now an amnesty for war crimes, and a law that allows...

    Britain arms itself with laws that enable practices that were once the preserve of openly savage savage regimes

    25 Sept 2020 7:45 PM IST

    Protesters throw a statue of slave trader Edward Colston into Bristol harbour, during a Black Lives Matter protest rally, in Bristol, England. (AP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | The politics of erasing Gunga Din

    The Black Lives Matter upheaval has resulted in this reappraisal of history

    19 Sept 2020 4:38 PM IST

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