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Farrukh Dhondy
About the AuthorFarrukh Dhondy
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."
    This re-enactment of the Chicago 7 trial, with Bobby Seale, the only black defendant, bound and gagged in public when he vociferously protested against a judgement of the bench, was also an essential and telling record of US history.(Twitter/@hitRECordJoe)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | OF CABBAGES AND KINGS

    Tried! When Arun Jaitley batted for art and when my films weren’t banned

    24 Oct 2020 11:21 AM IST

    The Egyptian queen is be played by Gal Gadot, an Israeli star of Greek lineage. Her ethnicity has caused what the clich© appropriately calls a Twitter storm. (AFP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Multi-ethnic casting rows nothing new, just look back

    Last week a new film on Cleopatra was announced and the Egyptian queen is to be played by Gal Gadot, leading to a...

    17 Oct 2020 9:54 AM IST

    A White House statement about the call did not give any specifics on the two leaders discussion of trade issues. (Photo: File)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Will India too leave ‘divided histories’, like US...

    The mass support, “diverse” and white for BLM, indicates that Britain too wants to leave divided histories behind.

    11 Oct 2020 6:53 AM IST

    Red, white and blue lights illuminate 10 Downing Street, the official residence of Britains prime minister, in central London on January 31, 2020, after Britain left the European Union at 2300GMT. Brexit supporters gathered outside parliament to cheer Britains departure from the European Union following three years of epic political drama.(AFP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Had UK Home Secy been in post in 60s, she wouldn’t...

    Patel suggested immigrants who attempt to cross the English Channel to land illegally in Britain, should be transported...

    3 Oct 2020 6:50 AM IST

    Britains prime minister Boris Johnson speaking in the House of Commons in London on September 23, 2020. (AFP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Now an amnesty for war crimes, and a law that allows...

    Britain arms itself with laws that enable practices that were once the preserve of openly savage savage regimes

    25 Sept 2020 7:45 PM IST

    Protesters throw a statue of slave trader Edward Colston into Bristol harbour, during a Black Lives Matter protest rally, in Bristol, England. (AP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | The politics of erasing Gunga Din

    The Black Lives Matter upheaval has resulted in this reappraisal of history

    19 Sept 2020 4:38 PM IST

    Britains prime minister Boris Johnson leaves after a virtual press conference at Downing Street. (AFP file photo)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | So, you-'re telling me there is no corruption in...

    This British government’s corruption has taken advantage of the coronavirus crisis to hand billions of pounds to their...

    12 Sept 2020 10:19 AM IST

    The new shibboleth is not just silly, its tribal and racist. Photo courtesy: InstagramOpinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Racist and tribalist, the woke phobia for ‘cultural...

    The use of the cultures, inventions, science, of the West by other cultures isn’t labelled ‘expropriation’

    5 Sept 2020 1:09 AM IST

    In this 2014 file photo, the audience reacts during the Proms at Royal Albert Hall, London. The BBC has ditched the lyrics of Rule Britannia! for its traditional summer-ending concert amid a controversy over the songs celebration of the British Empire. (AP file photo)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | BBC Proms: Bosses caught between govt line and woke...

    Public hoo-ha between the BBC and the prime minister over song lyrics

    2 Sept 2020 12:25 AM IST

    Students hold placards as they protest outside the Department for Education in central London on August 14, 2020 to protest against the downgrading of A-level resultsOpinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | UK’s -'Fair Grades Matter-' movement, where BoJo...

    What I would call the Fair Exam Grades Matter movement now took to the streets

    24 Aug 2020 4:58 PM IST

    Dinghies, believed to have been used by migrants crossing the Channel, are towed by the harbour pilot in the port of Dover, on the south-east coast of England. AFP PhotoOpinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Post Channel crossing ‘solution-', is France...

    Having fought for and achieved Brexit, Clueless has no recourse to the EU rules that govern the arrival and...

    15 Aug 2020 4:44 PM IST

    The Art of Persia, presented by the very talented and unassuming presenter Samira Ahmed purports to recreate the history of Persia through its artefacts. Photo: TwitterOpinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Art of Persia: Time to question Alexander’s...

    Cyrus, a declared Zoroastrian and follower of the single god Ahura Mazda is mentioned in several instances in the Old...

    8 Aug 2020 2:30 AM IST

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