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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."
    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 | Does UK have institutional racism'? The debate still...

    In all the ups and downs and instances of that episode, it was never pointed out that 13 current Labour MPs are Muslims

    29 May 2021 1:50 AM IST

    Shoppers in central Manchester, England, as coronavirus restrictions are eased in England. Thanks to an efficient vaccine roll out program and high uptake rates, Britain is finally saying goodbye to months of tough lockdown restrictions. (AP/Jon Super, File)Opinion
    In BoJo's UK, it's okay to hug now. But if cases spurt, fresh ban...

    One doesn't have to hug every person one passes in the street, but it now permits grandparents to embrace their...

    22 May 2021 1:45 AM IST

    Britains opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn waves to supporters at a launch event for the Labour partys general election campaign in London, Britain. Photograph:(Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Why is Labour, once a force in British politics, on...

    Subsequent Labour governments did very little to make the economic revival of these towns and cities their priority

    15 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

    Ms Symonds is accused, apart from crony appointments of interventions in policy areas that affect the country, decisions that very many Conservatives and people in government are convinced that BoJo would not have taken had it not been for her prevalent influence. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Is Carrie, UK's First Girlfriend, the real driver of...

    It is a fact that she has packed the staff and advisory phalanx of the PM's office with her friends and people she...

    8 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

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    Farrukh Dhondy | Should we write English as it's spoken? Or just leave...

    Despite its anti-phonic spelling, English has become the language of many nations albeit through colonisation and...

    1 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

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    Farrukh Dhondy | Transgenders' rights must be respected; they need...

    Prof. Dawkins had tweeted messages denying that people could choose their gender

    24 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

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    Farrukh Dhondy | Racism exists in Britain, but it's not always...

    There were two incidents in my years at Cambridge University which I could possibly label racist

    17 April 2021 12:00 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

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    Farrukh Dhondy | Signs of hope in UK's Batley, as teacher triggers...

    Mohammed Amin Pandor, a publicity seeker and a graduate engineer from Dewsbury recently issued a fatwa against the...

    3 April 2021 7:54 AM IST

    There are other ways in which BoJos government behaves in an unsurprising manner. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    BoJo facing flak over legal' graft, dodging of tax & the nanny state'

    Boris Johnson govt has, because of the Covid-19 crisis, done some peculiar things for a Conservative Party to have...

    27 March 2021 4:46 AM IST

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    Farrukh Dhondy | For UK, Sarah Everard killing a wake-up call like...

    To Britain the murder of Sarah was what the Nirbhaya rape-murder was to India

    20 March 2021 11:45 AM IST

    We take skin colourism as a nasty ingredient of our prejudices -- which we shouldnt. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | My adventures with Oprah, the real queen of...

    Interviews with royals are like a virus plague, you don't want to catch them, but you can't avoid hearing all about them

    13 March 2021 4:10 AM IST

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