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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."

The cyber crime wing of Vijayawada is being strengthened with more personnel being shifted to it.

Opinion

Cabbages & Kings: Of tech advances and small businesses

Hiroshima and Nagasaki were devastating results of the invented nuclear capability.

26 May 2018 12:50 AM IST

Britain is now gearing up for Prince Harrys wedding to actress Meghan Markle (Photo: AFP)

Opinion

Cabbages & Kings: A royal wedding & rumours galore

The bookies are accepting bets on who will walk Meghan down the aisle to give her away as tradition dictates.

19 May 2018 12:51 AM IST

Rebecca Taylor made waves worldwide after she ended up setting the Guinness record for making largest tealight candle. (Representative Image: Pixabay)

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Cabbages & Kings: Paying tribute to dear old friends

Obituaries are reserved for those who deserve only a little fame.

12 May 2018 6:33 AM IST

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Cabbages & Kings: Despite Windrush, most Brits aren't racist

To be fair the British public has, apart from a small number in each generation, shunned open racism.

5 May 2018 7:58 AM IST

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Cabbages & Kings: Blame-thirsty Indians & remorseful Brits

At the first of these sessions last week, Shashi's book was denounced for bad history and bad statistics by a prominent...

28 April 2018 7:34 AM IST

The 91-year-old monarch, the Head of the Commonwealth, said it was her sincere wish that Prince Charles takes over one day, as she opened the two-day Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London, also attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: Twitter | @britishroyals)

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Cabbages & Kings: Of migrants and their antecedents

The second revelation of this Commonwealth conference week is that Queen Elizabeth II is a direct descendant of the...

21 April 2018 7:20 AM IST

From Left. Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, the new Metropolitan Police commissioner Cressida Dick and Home Secretary Amber Rudd address the press, outside New Scotland Yard on Victoria Embankment, in London. (Photo: AP)

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Cabbages & Kings: If crime is rising, look at the roots...

If there is a solution it has to start with a hard look at who is doing what to whom and why.

14 April 2018 7:37 AM IST

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Cabbages & Kings: Fascism lies in the eyes of the beholder

I have received several mails and texts which ask me to consider whether the Narendra Modi-led BJP government can be...

7 April 2018 7:36 AM IST

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Cabbages & Kings: Anti-Semitism plagues UK Labour

Last week, several Jewish organisations and non-Jewish commentators accused Britain's Labour Party of being seriously...

31 March 2018 7:06 AM IST

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, apologised for the way his company handled the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal recently

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Cabbages & Kings: Can Facebook really twist your vote?

The effect the Channel 4 exposure will have on companies such as Cambridge Analytica is yet to be seen.

24 March 2018 12:35 AM IST

$\Im not afraid of death, but Im in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first\ -- Stephen Hawking in an interview with The Guardian$ Opinion

Cabbages & Kings: Should fear muzzle expression?

The grave question is whether freedom of speech and expression includes the freedom to insult and offend.

17 March 2018 12:27 AM IST

The citys notorious traffic that leaves them fuming most times of the day.

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Cabbages & Kings: Try new ways to rein in unruly traffic

The traffic of Indian cities can be dubbed the wild east .

10 March 2018 3:06 AM IST