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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."
    Shashi TharoorOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Why reparations only from UK? Why not Iran &...

    Shashi Tharoor makes a clear case for reparations to India.

    2 Dec 2017 12:41 AM IST

    A still from the movie Mangal PandeyOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: The unfortunate cinematic distortions of history

    The Indian soldiers who perpetrated the uprising were let's face it mercenaries of the East India Company.

    25 Nov 2017 12:22 AM IST

    The battle for female equality is centuries old but triumphed in significant ways through the latter decades of the twentieth century in very many parts of world. (Credit: YouTube)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Archbishop's advice' rings alarm bells

    The news coverage of the Church of England's statement is ambivalent.

    18 Nov 2017 1:03 AM IST

    The conspiracy theorists claim that Mr Johnsons blunders are calculated to test Ms Mays tenacity and they serve as a demonstration of her inability to move against him.Opinion
    PM May & her conspiracy-wallas

    Now there is an investigation into her closest ally and adviser Damian Green, for similar sexual misdemeanours.

    11 Nov 2017 1:43 AM IST

    Russian poet Yevgeny YevtushenkoOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Accuracy in translation is ambivalent

    Firdaus is buried in a Muslim cemetery in North London, even though in his last days in hospital he told the registrar...

    6 Nov 2017 1:05 AM IST

    Come on ! Are you a leaver or a remainer?Opinion
    Getting an OCI card: Why I gave up...

    Back in London I Googled the Indian high commission, was offered several pages of websites and chose the one which...

    28 Oct 2017 1:16 AM IST

    The underground metro rail stretch from Koyambedu to Shenoy Nagar is likely to be thrown open to the public next week, sources in Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) have said.Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: An open letter to my fellow Parsis

    It's an urgent matter, stimulated by the news that Mumbai is planning to build an underground railway system.

    21 Oct 2017 3:55 AM IST

    Food hangover are becoming a common experience. (Photo: Pexels)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Indian meal in UK - Keep it simple

    Several surveys assert that chicken tikka masala has overtaken roast beef in the Brit popularity stakes.

    7 Oct 2017 12:52 AM IST

    Police provide security at Paddington mainline train station in London, after a terrorist incident was declared at nearby Parsons Green subway station Friday (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Britain and the roots of terror

    Britain's capitalism imported the cheapest labour it could find from its ex-colonies in the 1950s, '60s and '70s.

    30 Sept 2017 1:36 AM IST

    Theresa MayOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Gurus & shishyas on first-name terms

    In the last year in Britain the generation gap has played a severe hand in politics.

    23 Sept 2017 1:51 AM IST

    Smoke billows from a fire that has engulfed the 24-storey Grenfell Tower in west London. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Fire alert - Putting cost before safety

    The fire took fire-engines and fire-fighters from all over London three days to extinguish.

    16 Sept 2017 12:36 AM IST

    Cabbages & Kings: Why did the English stay behindOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Why did the English stay behind

    There was no analysis of how Partition came about, though several historians had their partial say.

    2 Sept 2017 1:10 AM IST

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