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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."
    US President Donald Trump. (Photo: reuters.com)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Will clowns have the last laugh?

    The pronouncement about Sweden posed a puzzle to the world's media.

    28 Feb 2017 12:22 AM IST

    Cabbages & Kings: Will clowns have the last laugh?Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Will clowns have the last laugh?

    Mr Trump's critics in the media jumped upon this Swedish booboo and threw his favourite accusation of “fake news”...

    25 Feb 2017 12:31 AM IST

    The \Kipling Bungalow\ is one of several mansions in Mumbai, once associated with famous residents but now in ruin. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Culture & the Raj - A look back

    Lockwood was an inspired visual artist.

    18 Feb 2017 1:01 AM IST

    President Donald TrumpOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: UK Speaker speaks against Trump

    The Muslims, universally considered to be the butt of Mr Trump's prejudice have been pushed forward to do it.

    11 Feb 2017 1:15 AM IST

    The practice of triple talaq (immediate divorce) is at present the subject of a Supreme Court case. (Representational image/File Photo)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Forget politics, triple talaq must go!

    Muslim men have been known to use triple talaq through mobile phones and the Internet.

    4 Feb 2017 12:53 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: If I were Prez Trump's foreign affairs adviser

    The tenacity of American women determined to get to Canada is not to be underestimated.

    28 Jan 2017 12:31 AM IST

    President Donald Trump waves with his wife Melania Trump after being sworn in as the 45th president of the United States during the 58th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Trump's line - Boys will be boys

    Mr Trump stands accused of assisting the Russian secret services with intelligence on Russian businessmen in the US.

    21 Jan 2017 12:59 AM IST

    SOAS, University of London (Photo: soas.ac.uk)Opinion
    Can we decolonise' our minds?

    SOAS has in the ensuing centuries, specially after the actual independence of the countries of the empire.

    14 Jan 2017 1:26 AM IST

    This 2015 photo provided by RR Auction shows Mario Puzos 1965 Olympia typewriter with manuscripts and versions of both Godfather I and II screenplays. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Does a writer's opinion matter?

    Writers would treat themselves as the uncrowned legislators of the world.

    7 Jan 2017 1:19 AM IST

    Identifying terrorism as the biggest threat facing India and Pakistan, he said the time has come to effectively deal with terrorists as well as those who spread mischief and violence in the name of religion. (Representational Image, Photo: AP)Opinion
    Stories of race and isolation in London

    The report has no instantly implementable solutions to the obvious and growing social dislocation caused by this evolved...

    31 Dec 2016 2:08 AM IST

    ISIS proclaimed a caliphate over parts of Iraq and Syria in 2014 but has lost a significant amount of territory since then to US-backed offensives. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: 2016 - Looking back in anger

    In Germany, Italy and France, the refugee question has led to the rise of far-right parties.

    24 Dec 2016 12:46 AM IST

    Representational imageOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Second war of offended sentiments?

    There are, according to the last census, 800,000 Hindus and 1.2 million vegetarians in the UK.

    17 Dec 2016 1:13 AM IST

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