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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."
    Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo: File)Opinion
    We don’t need no revolution... but is Establishment winning?

    The countrywide demonstrations against the recent acts of the BJP government are part of the fight for the soul of this...

    18 Jan 2020 5:49 AM IST

    When Bill Clinton, President of the United States, was revealed as having smoked cannabis at university, he protested that he did, but that he never inhaled .Opinion
    Perhaps cannabis was exhilarating stuff, quaffed by the early Aryans

    In Britain, at university, and then through long political association with West Indian comrades, there was a lot of...

    4 Jan 2020 2:36 AM IST

    The Rohingyas of Burma fled from genocidal persecution at the hands of the supposedly compassionate Buddhist nation. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Like in 1947, shouldn’t Hindus show compassion?

    The Syrians and Iraqis fled from the ruins of internecine war.

    28 Dec 2019 2:10 AM IST

    Two facts testify to the superiority of Britains attractions. Up till the end of September, more than 1.8 million EU, European Economic Area and Swiss nationals had applied to remain in Britain after Brexit.Opinion
    After sweep, can BoJo deliver on Brexit vow?

    Friday the 13th is, according to superstition, an unlucky day on which one should stay in bed and pray.

    14 Dec 2019 12:27 AM IST

    The paper chronicles the time from when Uber entered the Indian market, where it realised that the San Francisco-headquartered cab aggregator would have to tweak their economic model to suit local conditions.Opinion
    Uber, Amazon are transforming the way we live. But is it for the...

    It may of course be that they don’t want to fill all those UK tax declarations.

    7 Dec 2019 2:21 AM IST

    Clive James.Opinion
    Cambridge flashback: Of life and times with Clive James

    Clive was obviously aware of which side I took in the great international political controversy of the day — the...

    30 Nov 2019 2:04 AM IST

    Two facts testify to the superiority of Britains attractions. Up till the end of September, more than 1.8 million EU, European Economic Area and Swiss nationals had applied to remain in Britain after Brexit.Opinion
    After Brexit, immigration key factor in UK polls

    The elephant in the room of the forthcoming British election is what parties say they will do about immigration.

    23 Nov 2019 12:22 AM IST

    Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo: File)Opinion
    Many British MPs are not contesting polls, and why

    The Tories expelled 19 of its MPs for voting against Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit policies.

    16 Nov 2019 12:16 AM IST

    Why, gentle reader, do I take this Alician liberty? The present government, led by Boris Johnson, who boasts that his grandfather was Turkish and keeps quiet about his ex-wife being half-Sikh, called for this election. They claimed it was the only way that they could get a majority in Parliament to Get Brexit Done . (Photo:AP)Opinion
    With polls in UK, will Brexit vote remain binding? Or not as such?

    What of Priti Patel, the home secretary in this Cabinet, whose parents are first generation Ugandan immigrants to...

    9 Nov 2019 1:08 AM IST

    The United States has carried out an operation targeting ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a US official told news agency Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity. (Representational Image)Opinion
    J&K and the plight of native American

    No word from the President about the two certainly innocent children whom Baghdadi took to his death with him.

    2 Nov 2019 6:17 AM IST

    British Prime Minister Boris JohnsonOpinion
    If Boris’ Brexit plan collapses, he’ll have to call early polls

    Two Cabinet ministers, Bojo and a ratty little ex-journalist called Michael Gove, campaigned with Nigel Farage for the...

    26 Oct 2019 1:19 AM IST

    Cabbages & Kings: Brexiteers ready to break-up UKOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Brexiteers ready to break-up UK

    If the UK does leave the European Union, Scotland, under the leadership of the SNP, will demand independence.

    19 Oct 2019 7:54 AM IST

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