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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."
    Statistics reveal there are 90,000 widows and about 50,000 households headed by women in Sri Lanka after 26 years of violence, with no support and no resources. The study says they are vulnerable to sexual violence. (Representational image)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Protect women just like you protect cows!

    India, my brothers and sisters, is top of the list. It's the most dangerous country in the world for women.

    30 Jun 2018 7:55 AM IST

    Cabbages & Kings: Dont be taken in by fake newsOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Don't be taken in by fake news

    Fake history in the service of some petty cause is easily exposed.

    23 Jun 2018 12:20 AM IST

    Cabbages & Kings: Persians & the Islamic state of IranOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Persians & the Islamic state of Iran

    The divisions between Shia and Sunni had been the cause of slaughter for hundreds of years.

    19 Jun 2018 7:31 AM IST

    Pre-Islamic Zoroastrianism was the official religion of Persia (now Iran) from 600 BC to 650 AD.Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Persians & the Islamic state of Iran

    If there was a survey today in Iran, 80 per cent of people would say they want to follow the Zardushti religion.

    16 Jun 2018 1:03 AM IST

    Harvey Weinstein.Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Why no #MeToo in Bollywood?

    The #MeToo movement has undoubtedly attracted some who reluctantly agreed to consensual sex to further their careers.

    9 Jun 2018 1:17 AM IST

    Cressida Dick (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Art often poses a real dilemma

    This week the Metropolitan Police commissioner, Cressida Dick, issued a fatwa against a form of video-musical...

    2 Jun 2018 7:32 AM IST

    The cyber crime wing of Vijayawada is being strengthened with more personnel being shifted to it.Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Of tech advances and small businesses

    Hiroshima and Nagasaki were devastating results of the invented nuclear capability.

    26 May 2018 12:50 AM IST

    Britain is now gearing up for Prince Harrys wedding to actress Meghan Markle (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: A royal wedding & rumours galore

    The bookies are accepting bets on who will walk Meghan down the aisle to give her away as tradition dictates.

    19 May 2018 12:51 AM IST

    Rebecca Taylor made waves worldwide after she ended up setting the Guinness record for making largest tealight candle. (Representative Image: Pixabay)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Paying tribute to dear old friends

    Obituaries are reserved for those who deserve only a little fame.

    12 May 2018 6:33 AM IST

    Cabbages & Kings: Despite Windrush, most Brits arent racistOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Despite Windrush, most Brits aren't racist

    To be fair the British public has, apart from a small number in each generation, shunned open racism.

    5 May 2018 7:58 AM IST

    Shashi Tharoor (Photo: Sondeep Shankar)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Blame-thirsty Indians & remorseful Brits

    At the first of these sessions last week, Shashi's book was denounced for bad history and bad statistics by a prominent...

    28 April 2018 7:34 AM IST

    The 91-year-old monarch, the Head of the Commonwealth, said it was her sincere wish that Prince Charles takes over one day, as she opened the two-day Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London, also attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: Twitter | @britishroyals)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Of migrants and their antecedents

    The second revelation of this Commonwealth conference week is that Queen Elizabeth II is a direct descendant of the...

    21 April 2018 7:20 AM IST

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