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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."
    A national library employee shows a gold Nobel Prize medal in Bogota, Colombia. The Nobels, with new winners announced starting Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, often concentrate on unheralded, methodical, basic science. (AP File)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Will vaccine philantrophy be deserving of a Nobel?

    In 2019, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Abiy Ahmed, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia

    12 Sept 2021 2:37 AM IST

    A health worker counts syringes as she prepares to inoculate traders and shopkeepers with a dose of the Covishield vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus at a vaccination camp in Ahmedabad. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Why some still say no to jabs, forcing all into an...

    I am one of the 80 per cent of people in Britain who have had at least one anti-Covid vaccination

    4 Sept 2021 1:07 AM IST

    News.Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Gender equity and literature: Are we taking things...

    Literature was to be judged by its literary skill and, absolutely, by its enforcement of humanistic, humanitarian and...

    28 Aug 2021 1:33 AM IST

    Afghan people climb atop a plane as they wait at the Kabul airport on Monday, after a stunningly swift end to Afghanistans 20-year war. (AFP Photo)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Hypocrisy runs amok in West as Kabul falls & dark...

    He reported from several cities as they fell to the Taliban offensive -- a hurricane through yielding fields

    21 Aug 2021 12:10 AM IST

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    Farrukh Dhondy | Curry trouble in England… A storm over Indian...

    Language evolves and the healthier the language is, the more prone it is to adaptation, evolution, flexibility

    14 Aug 2021 7:43 AM IST

    Amazon has updated the Alexa app on iOS so that users can access the voice assistant right from their home screens via a new widget. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Creepy feelings as tech advances: Will Alexa listen in & tell the CIA?

    The brain is a muscle which harbours memories and thoughts

    7 Aug 2021 10:30 AM IST

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    Heartless in UK: Do all victims of trafficking pose a security threat?

    The Modern Slavery Act, in line with international legal agreements, extends the State’s protection to all victims of...

    31 July 2021 6:52 AM IST

    William Shakespeare (Photo: AP)Opinion
    In UK, linguistic ‘revolutionaries’ try to ‘ban’ those with...

    What the boy is asking himself is should he endure these S and As or should he fight against such opposition or...

    24 July 2021 1:02 AM IST

    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)Opinion
    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

    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)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | In today’s world, the ‘signalling’ of...

    It’s difficult to see what the footballers who -'take the knee-' can do to combat racism outside the football stadium

    10 July 2021 12:00 AM IST

    News.Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Why democracy often turns ugly: Prejudice & hate as...

    The byelection for a Member of Parliament in the Yorkshire constituency of Batley was a paradigm of this ugliness

    3 July 2021 12:20 AM IST

    News.Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Of ‘flat earth’ & science denial: New orthodoxy...

    The story goes that, true to his beliefs, as he left the court, he muttered to himself, or perhaps to his God if he...

    26 Jun 2021 12:04 AM IST

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