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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."
    Of Cabbages and Kings: Toilet manners, etiquette and business ideas in time of coronaOpinion
    Of Cabbages and Kings: Toilet manners, etiquette and business ideas in...

    Much is being made of the toilet paper crisis but there could be profit in this plague

    28 March 2020 7:17 PM IST

    Harvey Weinstein.Opinion
    When British VIPs get away with sexual abuse

    Weinstein, with a very successful film company behind him, sported one magnetic field of power.

    29 Feb 2020 1:08 AM IST

    Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo: File)Opinion
    Of hate speech, misfits, weirdoes and ‘thought police’ in Boris’...

    Christianity has evolved with very broad shoulders and any such assertion will not lead to being burnt at the stake.

    22 Feb 2020 5:26 AM IST

    Indian Army was also forced to cut some expenditures to ensure that it has ammunition for at least 10 days war.Opinion
    Just shoot ’em…? UK must tackle jihadi cells in jails

    My father’s pronouncements had no consideration for such subtleties.

    15 Feb 2020 1:27 AM IST

    Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo: File)Opinion
    In Disunited Kingdom, Brexit’s pain may be felt most by those...

    The massive irony inherent in this breach is that the majority of people who voted for Brexit will feel the brunt of its...

    1 Feb 2020 6:42 AM IST

    In pursuit of subjects, these enterprising young photographers have made a poster of their first subject and are using it to recruit more. (Photo: Pixabay)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Selfies will archive ordinary Indians

    Parsis came to India in numbers around the eighth century from Persia, after that homeland was invaded by the Arabs in...

    25 Jan 2020 5:59 AM IST

    Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo: File)Opinion
    We don’t need no revolution... but is Establishment winning?

    The countrywide demonstrations against the recent acts of the BJP government are part of the fight for the soul of this...

    18 Jan 2020 5:49 AM IST

    When Bill Clinton, President of the United States, was revealed as having smoked cannabis at university, he protested that he did, but that he never inhaled .Opinion
    Perhaps cannabis was exhilarating stuff, quaffed by the early Aryans

    In Britain, at university, and then through long political association with West Indian comrades, there was a lot of...

    4 Jan 2020 2:36 AM IST

    The Rohingyas of Burma fled from genocidal persecution at the hands of the supposedly compassionate Buddhist nation. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Like in 1947, shouldn’t Hindus show compassion?

    The Syrians and Iraqis fled from the ruins of internecine war.

    28 Dec 2019 2:10 AM IST

    Two facts testify to the superiority of Britains attractions. Up till the end of September, more than 1.8 million EU, European Economic Area and Swiss nationals had applied to remain in Britain after Brexit.Opinion
    After sweep, can BoJo deliver on Brexit vow?

    Friday the 13th is, according to superstition, an unlucky day on which one should stay in bed and pray.

    14 Dec 2019 12:27 AM IST

    The paper chronicles the time from when Uber entered the Indian market, where it realised that the San Francisco-headquartered cab aggregator would have to tweak their economic model to suit local conditions.Opinion
    Uber, Amazon are transforming the way we live. But is it for the...

    It may of course be that they don’t want to fill all those UK tax declarations.

    7 Dec 2019 2:21 AM IST

    Clive James.Opinion
    Cambridge flashback: Of life and times with Clive James

    Clive was obviously aware of which side I took in the great international political controversy of the day — the...

    30 Nov 2019 2:04 AM IST

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