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Farrukh Dhondy
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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."
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    Uncle Tom games: Can Gojo take on Czar’s brigade as Uglii, Hedgie...

    I am engaged in writing a book with the mildly derivate title -'Uncle Tom’s Cabinet-'

    26 Feb 2022 7:13 AM IST

    Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (AP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | New UK crisis: Chicken tikka masala at risk as prices...

    Of course, one should be concerned about the thousands of jobs that will be lost if a sizeable number of restaurants...

    18 Feb 2022 11:40 PM IST

    Kohinoor diamond. (DC file photo)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | The Kohinoor for Camilla? It’s high time it is back...

    It is possible that Prince Charles, being the fair-minded bloke he is, decides to persuade Camilla to repatriate the...

    12 Feb 2022 12:23 AM IST

    In this file photo taken on November 10, 2020 Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) and Martin Reynolds, the Prime Ministers Principal Private Secretary (L), arrive back at Downing Street. (Photo:AFP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | No. 10 parties: BoJo is trying desperately to fend...

    BoJo survives but the nails are being steadily banged into the coffin

    5 Feb 2022 12:12 AM IST

    Jamie Oliver is a famous chef and writes recipe books. Jamie launched a ready-meal packet called Punchy Jerk Rice. (Photo: Facebook)Opinion
    Of food ‘fatwiks’ & ‘jerky’ dishes: What’s ‘cultural...

    Some time ago, Jamie launched a ready-meal packet called Punchy Jerk Rice

    28 Jan 2022 11:00 PM IST

    BoJo was sanctioned for columns he wrote in the Daily Telegraph likening Muslim ladies wearing burqas to letter boxes with round tops and slits below and then to Balaclavaed bank robbers. (Jessica TAYLOR / various sources / AFP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Truth and lies: A Sobhraj twist as BoJo faces more...

    The defection comes as BoJo’s participation in the decadent culture of the cabal of politicians and civil servants he...

    22 Jan 2022 12:41 AM IST

    UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson Wednesday apologised for attending a lockdown-breaching party held in his Downing Street garden. (AFP Photo)Opinion
    Is the party over for BoJo at last? Will Starmers get ready for No....

    Was this congregation of people in the garden of 10 Downing Street a prayer meeting?

    15 Jan 2022 12:21 AM IST

    Tony Blair who was made a knight, this year. (AP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Of empires and their honours: A step backwards for UK...

    The signatories believe that instead of being knighted, Tony Blair should be tried as a war criminal

    8 Jan 2022 2:12 AM IST

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    Farrukh Dhondy | Ringing in 2022 amidst the spectre of Covid, Omicron

    My Christmases and New Years are pleasantly haunted by the ghosts of Christmases and New Years past

    1 Jan 2022 12:23 AM IST

    Globalisation should mean the timely export of anti-Covid vaccines to countries and could even mean the suspension of patents for these and other medicines from which multinational Western firms make billions of dollars. (AFP file photo)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | It’s exploitation, not compassion: Globalisation II...

    Global compassion is far behind the global instinct to exploit. Will it ever catch up? Inshallah!

    25 Dec 2021 2:27 AM IST

    A health worker prepares to inoculates a man with a dose of the Covishield vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    ‘Anti-vaxxers’ a threat to others; live in denial of science,...

    There are some religious maniacs who believe that muttering some phrase or charm will save them from Covid-19

    18 Dec 2021 12:23 AM IST

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    Farrukh Dhondy | The power of imagination: Science, myths must...

    Epics, myths, narratives enrich the imagination and a culture. Science merely and heroically endeavours to understand...

    10 Dec 2021 11:45 PM IST

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