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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."
    From Left. Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, the new Metropolitan Police commissioner Cressida Dick and Home Secretary Amber Rudd address the press, outside New Scotland Yard on Victoria Embankment, in London. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: If crime is rising, look at the roots...

    If there is a solution it has to start with a hard look at who is doing what to whom and why.

    14 April 2018 7:37 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Fascism lies in the eyes of the beholder

    I have received several mails and texts which ask me to consider whether the Narendra Modi-led BJP government can be...

    7 April 2018 7:36 AM IST

    Cabbages & Kings: Anti-Semitism plagues UK LabourOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Anti-Semitism plagues UK Labour

    Last week, several Jewish organisations and non-Jewish commentators accused Britain's Labour Party of being seriously...

    31 March 2018 7:06 AM IST

    Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, apologised for the way his company handled the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal recentlyOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Can Facebook really twist your vote?

    The effect the Channel 4 exposure will have on companies such as Cambridge Analytica is yet to be seen.

    24 March 2018 12:35 AM IST

    \Im not afraid of death, but Im in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first\ -- Stephen Hawking in an interview with The GuardianOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Should fear muzzle expression?

    The grave question is whether freedom of speech and expression includes the freedom to insult and offend.

    17 March 2018 12:27 AM IST

    The citys notorious traffic that leaves them fuming most times of the day.Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Try new ways to rein in unruly traffic

    The traffic of Indian cities can be dubbed the wild east .

    10 March 2018 3:06 AM IST

    Former Mumbai Police Commissioner turned-politician Satyapal Singh on Thursday said Delhi Police had mishandled the protest that took place after ex-servicemans suicide. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: How to teach science - Not just granny's tales

    Mr Singh's invitation to the celebration of a national science day is the ironic reversal of the Galileo indictment.

    3 March 2018 12:34 AM IST

    The worlds journalists call the two ISIS terrorists arrested and held by Kurdish forces in Iraq the BeatlesOpinion
    Jihadi Beatles': What to do?

    They called them Posh Spice and other adjectives which supposedly distinguished each.

    24 Feb 2018 7:18 AM IST

    Shocked, the victim agreed to meet the paedophile at a hotel room in Bermuda Park, Nuneaton. (Representational Image)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Protect children, but save charities

    The initial responses to this universal scandal were in some cases disingenuous and disgusting.

    17 Feb 2018 12:36 AM IST

    Ingvar Kamprad, founder of Swedish multinational furniture retailer IKEA. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: A shopping jaunt like none other

    IKEA stores all have large car parks as personal transport is the only way customers can carry their shopping away.

    10 Feb 2018 12:40 AM IST

    British Prime Minister Theresa MayOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Powerplay and clubs of sleaze

    Several of the men at the Dorchester sex-fest are attempting to legally gag the women who they fear might expose their...

    27 Jan 2018 3:23 AM IST

    A still from Padmaavat.Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: No shades of grey in Hindi films

    The plot of the film alleges that Churchill wanted to create Pakistan as a buffer in South Asia against the Soviet...

    20 Jan 2018 12:35 AM IST

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