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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."
    Mirror, mirror on the wallOpinion
    Mirror, mirror on the wall

    When William Hague was leader of the Tory Party he wanted to demonstrate solidarity

    27 Sept 2014 11:44 AM IST

    Cabbages & Kings: Gandhi at Parliament SquareOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Gandhi at Parliament Square

    “The conundrum of the chicken and the eggWas posed as which was themother?If the egg begat the chicken and the...

    20 Sept 2014 8:03 AM IST

    Cabbages & Kings: A haunting spectreOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: A haunting spectre

    “Don’t shed those tearsThere’ll be no endLeave the cryingTo me, my friend.Don’t laugh too...

    6 Sept 2014 10:53 AM IST

    Cabbages & Kings: The mills of BradfordOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: The mills of Bradford

    “The coconuts swing in the grove of palmsThe angels in white surrender their charmsTheir breasts now hang down to...

    16 Aug 2014 12:20 PM IST

    Cabbages & Kings: The dark life of school boardersOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: The dark life of school boarders

    “The most cunning deception Is self-deception — You can’t find yourself out!”From Keepup With...

    2 Aug 2014 11:23 AM IST

    Cabbages & Kings; Insaaf and safaiOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings; Insaaf and safai

    “Birds twitter, cackle and cooThey don’t ‘sing’.Melody strikes me as a uniquely human thing!Have...

    13 July 2014 11:30 AM IST

    Cabbages & Kings: Movers & HackersOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Movers & Hackers

    Politicians think that the press controls public opinion

    28 Jun 2014 10:05 AM IST

    Asianophobia in UKOpinion
    Asianophobia in UK

    Abstention of 'white voters' in the UK municipal collections has sparked a witch hunt for asians

    14 Jun 2014 1:20 PM IST

    Story of various gratitudesOpinion
    Story of various gratitudes

    Never do anyone any favours as the recipients would take their revenge for dependency

    9 Jun 2014 1:26 PM IST

    Cabbages & Kings: Dear Najmaji, I have a plan to save ParsisOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Dear Najmaji, I have a plan to save Parsis

    Parsis are probably the only species on Earth who are doomed because of their own prejudices

    31 May 2014 11:33 AM IST

    No rhyme or reasonOpinion
    No rhyme or reason

    As children in the 1950s, we inherited this rhyme from our ex-Raj schools

    24 May 2014 7:11 AM IST

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