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England beat Denmark in the semi-finals of the European Football Cup and will now play Italy in the final on Sunday. (Representational Image: AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Adieu fair play: Sportsmanship under threat in...

For some viewers in that room, the game had turned into a metaphorical political war

17 July 2021 12:14 AM IST

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Farrukh Dhondy | All changes not a revolution': History can't be just...

Bloody Myanmar today is not a revolution, it is an imposed change of regime, best described as a fascist military coup

10 April 2021 12:05 AM IST

Eyeing No. 10: The importance of Sajid Javid

Eyeing No. 10: The importance of Sajid Javid

The selling point of his manifesto is the idea that modern conservatism, the philosophical linchpin of his party, ought...

5 Jan 2019 2:28 AM IST

Identifying terrorism as the biggest threat facing India and Pakistan, he said the time has come to effectively deal with terrorists as well as those who spread mischief and violence in the name of religion. (Representational Image, Photo: AP)

Stories of race and isolation in London

The report has no instantly implementable solutions to the obvious and growing social dislocation caused by this evolved...

31 Dec 2016 2:08 AM IST

At a hearing at Londons City Hall on Thursday, he said that hate crime was showing signs of decreasing after a sharp rise in June and July, but it had still not returned to pre-referendum levels.

Cabbages & Kings: Britain and the racial mix

The concentration has also allowed these communities to exercise democratic power through the force of numbers.

5 Nov 2016 12:51 AM IST

Dynasty & democracy: A dos and donts list

Dynasty & democracy: A do's and don'ts list

Lalu Prasad's wife showed guts in holding the office of chief minister but it is hardly a precedent to be emulated.

19 Sept 2016 2:26 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

Cabbages & Kings: Theatre of conflict

Cabbages & Kings: Theatre of conflict

Europe seems the safer and, certainly, the more permanent option.

5 March 2016 1:13 AM IST

A person reading the Holy Quran

Cabbages & Kings: Britain's faith deficit

Britain remains hermetically divided by its religions.

27 Feb 2016 1:53 AM IST

When HARDtalk goes sweet-talking

When HARDtalk goes sweet-talking

London: I have just spent a few moments in bed with the popular comedian Russell Brand and I have to say that I enjoyed...

18 Sept 2014 8:00 AM IST

Cabbages & Kings: A haunting spectre

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 Bradford

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