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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."
    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

    The shared statistics, which seem to determine who can travel from where to where, give a new meaning or urgency to the concept of globalisation. AP PhotoOpinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Boris Johnson-'s obesity challenge and...

    The British government will ban, for certain hours in the week, mind you, advertising which sells junk food

    1 Aug 2020 4:59 PM IST

    The Islamist attacks in India were, in all instances, politically motivated spreading terror in the name of a neighbouring state. AFP PhotoOpinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Is ‘Islamism’ unjustified? It is, but so is...

    The objection is that the terms associate mass murder with Islam and that gives rise to Islamophobia and racism

    25 July 2020 5:44 PM IST

    File photo of UK chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak (right) speaking to employees during a visit to a factory in Worcester, central England earlier this month. (AFP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Rishi and Priti bring us Bringapore

    We-'re beginning to see the shape of the post-COVID UK: Freeports all around but a wall in the channel

    18 July 2020 12:39 AM IST

    British PM Boris JohnsonOpinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | BoJo wouldn’t pass my PM test, but nor would Rishi...

    Uber had exploited the human necessity to get from one place to another

    13 July 2020 6:59 PM IST

    Farrukh Dhondy | In a crisis, is Boris pushing the ‘coconuts’ forward?Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | In a crisis, is Boris pushing the ‘coconuts’...

    The word ‘coconut’ is used to abuse people who are deemed to be ‘brown outside and white inside-'

    4 July 2020 2:18 AM IST

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