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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."
    Bob Dylan (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Dylan's Nobel: A populist sellout?

    Dylan's career began with the appeal of protest the voice of one generation challenging another.

    22 Oct 2016 2:06 AM IST

    UK Labour part leader Jeremy Corbyn. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    In UK, Labour can ignore anti-Semitism at its own peril

    Shami Chakrabarti produced a report which many Jewish MPs labelled a whitewash and an evasive, mealy-mouthed report.

    15 Oct 2016 1:09 AM IST

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    Cabbages & Kings: Gay marriages - Dilli door ast

    Several Hindu priests turned down the request to marry a gay couple.

    8 Oct 2016 12:58 AM IST

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    Cabbages & Kings: What we can eat - The prejudices

    In today's world the injunctions against devouring a particular species go beyond religion.

    24 Sept 2016 12:58 AM IST

    Cabbages & Kings: Why not send all jihadis to Syria?Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Why not send all jihadis to Syria?

    Anjem himself, with his unerring sense of humour, mischief and loyalty to his cause, renamed it “jihad-seekers...

    17 Sept 2016 12:40 AM IST

    Indian-origin UK Labour party MP Keith Vaz. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Private matters, public interest

    The leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, said what Keith did there and then was a “private matter”.

    10 Sept 2016 1:04 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Coming - Indian cultural feast in UK

    PM Modiji's initiative to declare 2017 as the year of Indo-British culture is welcome.

    3 Sept 2016 12:49 AM IST

    Cabbages & Kings: Take a leaf from UK - Lottery to fund sports?Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Take a leaf from UK - Lottery to fund sports?

    The National Lottery has no say in how the money it generates and gives away is distributed or used to promote sport.

    27 Aug 2016 1:48 AM IST

    Anjem Choudary and his close associate Mizanur Rahman had pledged allegiance to the \caliphate\. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Britain's free speech dilemma

    Choudary has for several years been, at the least, a negative presence in the UK.

    19 Aug 2016 12:39 AM IST

    Blasphemy is a hugely sensitive issue in Pakistan, where even unproven allegations can stir mob violence and lynching. (Representational Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Blasphemy & the licence to kill

    Blasphemy is the verbal avatar of heresy.

    13 Aug 2016 12:27 AM IST

    Surendra Singh Negi (Photo: Twitter)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: The booti of contention

    The possibilities seem endless and we must await the results of Mr Negi's venture.

    6 Aug 2016 12:44 AM IST

    Cabbages & Kings: Jiyo Parsi - How not to be extinctOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Jiyo Parsi - How not to be extinct

    Now there is a well-funded organisation called Jiyo Parsi which has been given responsibility for refreshing the numbers...

    30 July 2016 12:36 AM IST

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