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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: Penetrating the silence of veiled abuseOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Penetrating the silence of veiled abuse

    “If you are on your last legsLearn to crawl!If you’ve run out of steamTry alcohol!Every river knowsThat...

    30 May 2015 5:44 AM IST

    Cabbages & Kings: The phantom occupiersOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: The phantom occupiers

    London has become one of the property hubs of the world

    23 May 2015 6:32 AM IST

    Lassi and flying filesOpinion
    Lassi and flying files

    The point of comparing Ms Irani to Mr Gove is to get her, before she loses her job

    25 April 2015 12:42 PM IST

    Misplaced dissentOpinion
    Misplaced dissent

    “You see me standing in an old man’s shoesNo sense of style, a limp in my walkRepeated jokes, forgetful talk...

    21 Feb 2015 10:24 AM IST

    Cabbages & Kings: Price of free speechOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Price of free speech

    “You thought you saw a hole in the moon,It was a speck of dust on your telescope lens!There aren’t seven...

    10 Jan 2015 6:51 AM IST

    Cabbages & Kings: Snakes & laddersOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Snakes & ladders

    “‘Sesame’ wasn’t the cave’s nameIt was a word in the unknowableLanguage of...

    20 Dec 2014 6:40 AM IST

    Cabbages & Kings: Torture reportOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Torture report

    The Senate report is a bold exposure of the incidents of the torture of detainees

    12 Dec 2014 7:20 AM IST

    Cabbages & Kings: Perception vs indexOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Perception vs index

    Top five countries named as the most corrupt are Cambodia, Burma, Zimbabwe, Burundi and Syria

    6 Dec 2014 6:40 AM IST

    Poppy politicsOpinion
    Poppy politics

    “He who has theultimate laughWill without a doubtLaugh alone with moistened eyesAnd nothing to laugh...

    8 Nov 2014 11:32 AM IST

    Two UK boys in an Indian schoolOpinion
    Two UK boys in an Indian school

    “If it’s in the bloodThere’s no accounting for the urge!When the rest of the face is shavedThe...

    1 Nov 2014 7:43 AM IST

    Decoding the crISISOpinion
    Decoding the crISIS

    As with the Yezidis and other sects that receive mention I have never been definitively informed as to who the Kurds are

    11 Oct 2014 11:11 AM IST

    The syncretic spiritOpinion
    The syncretic spirit

    “Ishwar, Allah, tero naam, Sabko sanmati de Bhagwan!”

    4 Oct 2014 9:56 AM IST

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