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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."
    Farrukh Dhondy | Of Labour, Tories and a storm in a teacup in Britain over racism, MPsColumnists
    Farrukh Dhondy | Of Labour, Tories and a storm in a teacup in Britain...

    “We’ve heard the burdened donkey start to bray But is the sound a curse, or does he pray To God complaining...

    16 March 2024 3:40 AM IST

    Farrukh Dhondy | How Galloway won UK byelection with his Israel-bashing; put Labour in a fixColumnists
    Farrukh Dhondy | How Galloway won UK byelection with his...

    Maverick politico George Galloway won the House of Commons byelection in Rochdale, leveraging his reputation as a...

    9 March 2024 12:38 AM IST

    Shamima BegumColumnists
    Farrukh Dhondy | Shamima Begum a terrorist threat or victim of ISIS?...

    Were Shamima and friends in touch with someone on the Internet or in person who groomed them into embracing ISIS?

    2 March 2024 12:37 AM IST

    Farrukh Dhondy | Democracy can be dodgy: The war in Gaza still plagues UK’s Labour PartyColumnists
    Farrukh Dhondy | Democracy can be dodgy: The war in Gaza still plagues...

    “They said that sleep was innocentYet we find it full of guiltWith fantasies and enmitiesFrom which our dreams are...

    17 Feb 2024 12:00 AM IST

    Farrukh Dhondy | Can docus lead to justice? Will Trolley Times have an impact?Columnists
    Farrukh Dhondy | Can docus lead to justice? Will Trolley Times have an...

    “O Bachchoo the poets are enchantedWith the song of the nightingaleYou always took it for grantedThat your musical...

    10 Feb 2024 12:06 AM IST

    Farrukh Dhondy | How talk about Gaza ‘genocide’ by Bibi’s Israel roils UK politicsColumnists
    Farrukh Dhondy | How talk about Gaza ‘genocide’ by Bibi’s Israel roils...

    “O Bachchoo, the world strugglesWith wrong and rightThrough all human lifeFrom days of learningYearningDiscerningTill...

    3 Feb 2024 12:57 AM IST

    Farrukh Dhondy | Of CLR, slavery & democracy in US: More ‘nastiness’ if Trump returnsColumnists
    Farrukh Dhondy | Of CLR, slavery & democracy in US: More ‘nastiness’...

    “Are we but fragments of our memories Our own and those we love and call our friends? And do these...

    27 Jan 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Farrukh Dhondy | Is the BBC Bombay docu on right track?Columnists
    Farrukh Dhondy | Is the BBC Bombay docu on right track?

    “O Bachchoo should we be afraid of the Word?The broken promise, the violated vowOr should we marvel at the poems we’ve...

    19 Jan 2024 11:00 PM IST

    A public inquiry into the scandal opened in February 2022 but has yet to examine who at the top of the Post Office knew what and when. On January 10, 2024, the former boss of the Post Office Paula Vennells said she would return a royal honour received from Queen Elizabeth II, as public anger mounts. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Victims of British Post Office scandal may get...

    “Don’t long for the company of the moon In less than twelve hours, she’s gone and soon The day will...

    13 Jan 2024 12:05 AM IST

    UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly. (PTI File Image)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Of clowns' and politics in UK: When a joke isn't a...

    “His son was an addict His wife was a slut The goats of the village Danced in his hut But the village wizard...

    30 Dec 2023 1:54 AM IST

    All supermarkets spend literally millions of pounds on Christmas advertisements on hoardings and TV. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Christmas is here It's a time for festivity, but a...

    “O Bachchoo why do the birds protest When twilight threatens the end of day Do the cries announce going home to...

    22 Dec 2023 11:25 PM IST

    Armed British police officers patrol near 10 Downing Street, the official residence of British Prime Minister. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Sunak lives on the edge: Will he take the UK into icy...

    “O Bachchoo there is no destiny No man’s preordained fate Creatures of the best-in-me If we don’t...

    15 Dec 2023 9:35 PM IST

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