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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."
    Acting honourably is expensive, as UK govt has now discoveredOpinion
    Acting honourably is expensive, as UK govt has now discovered

    And just by the way, gentle reader, why was the East India Company labelled the Honourable East India Company?

    12 Jan 2019 7:44 AM IST

    Eyeing No. 10: The importance of Sajid JavidOpinion
    Eyeing No. 10: The importance of Sajid Javid

    The selling point of his manifesto is the idea that modern conservatism, the philosophical linchpin of his party, ought...

    5 Jan 2019 2:28 AM IST

    Playing Christmas music too soon can be harmful to your health. (Photo: Pixabay)Opinion
    Of the Magi, high priests, kings... and how India got its boxwallas'

    Matthew thought he needed the imprimatur of Zoroastrianism to give authority to the assertion that Jesus was the son of...

    29 Dec 2018 1:05 AM IST

    The Internet can bring instant fame, and no editorial checks in the way!Opinion
    The Internet can bring instant fame, and no editorial checks in the...

    The dating site invites you to characterise the sludge of your personality as honey to attract the equally dishonest...

    22 Dec 2018 1:23 AM IST

    Cabbages & Kings: Theresa could end up like AlexanderOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Theresa could end up like Alexander

    The hard-Brexiteers who voted for her removal will reject any Brexit deal she puts before Parliament.

    15 Dec 2018 7:44 AM IST

    Kohinoor, which means Mountain of Light, is a large, colourless diamond that was found in Southern India in early 14th century. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Who is the real owner of Kohinoor?

    It originally belonged to Lord Krishna and passed through the hands of several marauders. So how is one to return it to...

    8 Dec 2018 7:33 AM IST

    Prime Minister Theresa May says she Britain will consider extending the transition period after Brexit for a few months. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: The irony of UK's integrative initiatives

    Integration is the lyric of the decent half of the nation, alienation, exclusion and even expatriation the obsession of...

    1 Dec 2018 7:39 AM IST

    Theresa MayOpinion
    May's exit looms: No takers for Brexit deal

    Britain's vote in 1972 to join the European Union was an act of accommodation to the reality of the world as it was.

    24 Nov 2018 7:11 AM IST

    So also, women who profess that they are men trapped in womens bodies would not have to undergo plastic surgery to acquire mock penises.Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: I am whatever I think I am'

    My first stage play, called Mama Dragon, was commissioned by a company which named itself the Black Co-op Theatre.

    10 Nov 2018 8:00 AM IST

    BSP Supremo MayawatiOpinion
    Politics of Unity: When size matters, and when it doesn't

    The sad thing about the tall statue of Sardar Saheb is that onlookers will get a close-up glimpse of his shins but not...

    3 Nov 2018 1:49 AM IST

    That is no reason to be dismissive towards women who have mustered courage and are outing their predators or see the current #MeToo movement as a conflict between grassroots feminism and elite feminism. (Representional Image)Opinion
    Protests can be absurd sometimes

    The snowflake twitter storm troopers objected to this labeling on the grounds perhaps, that it implied that only males...

    27 Oct 2018 1:42 AM IST

    The sudden change will definitely affect the morale of the experts and teachers who are writing the books, a professor involving in the writing of textbooks told this paper.(Representional Image)Opinion
    Profit moves influencers' of our time

    The Bible tells us that many were influenced and converted to follow Jesus through watching miracles such as the raising...

    22 Oct 2018 12:09 AM IST

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