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Farrukh Dhondy
About the AuthorFarrukh Dhondy
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."
    Cabbages & Kings: Caucasians in saris & dhoti-clad VikingsOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Caucasians in saris & dhoti-clad Vikings

    My eyes are full of visions of your faceYour ways the only paths my feet can traceYou bless creation with your gift of...

    14 Nov 2015 7:24 AM IST

    Cabbages & Kings: Charkha, paper and chakraOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Charkha, paper and chakra

    Keay is quite certain that before the 14th century palm leaves were used as a writing surface

    31 Oct 2015 7:20 AM IST

    Cabbages & Kings: Business is businessOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Business is business

    “‘Let a hundred flowersbloom’, he saidNot caring that bloomingflowers fadeOr that raising Lazarusfrom...

    17 Oct 2015 6:14 AM IST

    Cabbages & Kings: London clubs and their colour barOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: London clubs and their colour bar

    “The book says that the snake misleadsBut Eve now knows it’s loveThe emotion that sows the seedsOf venom...

    3 Oct 2015 11:15 AM IST

    Cabbages & Kings: JC superstarOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: JC superstar

    “Oh drink to the paths of sin: I’ve trod ’em— who doesn’t know what went on in Sodem?The...

    19 Sept 2015 6:40 AM IST

    The Orban hyperboleOpinion
    The Orban hyperbole

    “This paradox of space and timeWith which our consciousness is cursed:Though sky is the endless paradigmThe tide...

    12 Sept 2015 11:53 AM IST

    Cabbages & Kings: Tripping on good senseOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Tripping on good sense

    “You always say your favourite colour is greenI thought you meant the shades of trees and leavesNow bitter tears...

    22 Aug 2015 6:17 AM IST

    Porn: From print to previewOpinion
    Porn: From print to preview

    The ban now extends, quite rightly, to “child porn”

    8 Aug 2015 6:07 AM IST

    Cabbages & Kings: Humanity adriftOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Humanity adrift

    “I was torn in conscience and mindThe prophet said we must chooseBetween some rules on a stoneDictated by an...

    27 Jun 2015 6:54 AM IST

    Penny wise and pound foolishOpinion
    Penny wise and pound foolish

    Swachch Bharat policy should go some way towards preserving the health of the nation

    20 Jun 2015 12:37 PM IST

    Smacks of injusticeOpinion
    Smacks of injustice

    My parents never beat me though my sister (who was born in Abu Dhabi) insists that our mother either threatened her with...

    13 Jun 2015 10:18 AM IST

    Drill and disasterOpinion
    Drill and disaster

    “He carries the past with him —As a wounded animal drags a trapThe pain torments the captive limbA destiny,...

    6 Jun 2015 9:09 AM IST

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