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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."
    Income Tax Department cautions people against phishing e-mails promising refund. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Hoax on TV anchor is a wake-up call on fake offers

    Gentle reader, Ms Razdan is not the only one to have fallen for fake offers which arrive through the Internet

    23 Jan 2021 12:07 AM IST

    The deniers of vaccination who pose a puzzle are those who have no such complete theory of the universe. What they have instead is the Internet through which the most abject nonsense is spread.Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Time for all to get Covid jabs; don’t listen to...

    There are millions of idiots around the world who are anti-vaccers

    16 Jan 2021 12:00 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
    Of Chinese virus, Spanish flu, UK strain: Do points of origin matter?

    Of course, viruses, just like us Parsis, are sometimes named after the things we do and sometimes after the places from...

    9 Jan 2021 7:35 AM IST

    As the saying goes, Britannia may have ruled the waves and now it has disastrously decided to waive the rules (Representational Image: AFP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | At last, Britain is free of EU… Now see who’ll...

    The EU was the insurance and safeguard against the global dominance of the American and Chinese hegemonies

    2 Jan 2021 12:15 AM IST

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    Farrukh Dhondy | Of creativity in a plague year… gadget fixing &...

    I have myself been exploring the idea that enforced idleness may be the chief begetter of creative genius

    26 Dec 2020 12:54 PM IST

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    Farrukh Dhondy | Researching Wikipedia on the origins of toxic words

    And in my idle researches I find that there are places where Wikipedia doesn’t fear to tread

    19 Dec 2020 12:30 AM IST

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    Farrukh Dhondy | Why we need to ‘tolerate’ all those who have...

    If language is the avatar of thought, then ideas, propositions and proofs are the recipes in the avatar’s cookbook

    12 Dec 2020 8:34 AM IST

    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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