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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."
    Representational photo (Photo: AFP/file)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Of racism, ethnicity & ideology

    Perhaps the fight against racism directed at black and Asian immigrants is thankfully not a prime preoccupation any...

    15 April 2017 1:30 AM IST

    British Prime Minister Theresa May. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Aftermath of talaq: UK's isolation?

    Forty per cent of Britain's exports go to the 27 countries of the European Union under its free trade agreements.

    1 April 2017 12:42 AM IST

    Theresa MayOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Are we ready for Brit jhadoo?

    India has evolved castes of people known as sweepers'.

    25 March 2017 12:32 AM IST

    The unnamed child was told by staff at St Clares School in Handsworth, Birmingham, that she should not wear her hijab to lessons. (Photo: Representational Image)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Battles over hijab, niqab, beards

    The judgment could apply to dangling crucifixes, yamulkas, hijabs and of course niqabs the full face covering.

    18 March 2017 12:36 AM IST

    Viceroys House movie posterOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: The Raj & Partition: A relook

    Ms Bhutto repeatedly says that the film doesn't blame the British for Partition.

    11 March 2017 1:02 AM IST

    Pembroke College, Cambridge (Photo:www.pem.cam.ac.uk)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Food tussles aren't real politics

    The bursar of the college said s/he was “taking the complaints seriously”.

    4 March 2017 1:02 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump. (Photo: reuters.com)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Will clowns have the last laugh?

    The pronouncement about Sweden posed a puzzle to the world's media.

    28 Feb 2017 12:22 AM IST

    Cabbages & Kings: Will clowns have the last laugh?Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Will clowns have the last laugh?

    Mr Trump's critics in the media jumped upon this Swedish booboo and threw his favourite accusation of “fake news”...

    25 Feb 2017 12:31 AM IST

    The \Kipling Bungalow\ is one of several mansions in Mumbai, once associated with famous residents but now in ruin. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Culture & the Raj - A look back

    Lockwood was an inspired visual artist.

    18 Feb 2017 1:01 AM IST

    President Donald TrumpOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: UK Speaker speaks against Trump

    The Muslims, universally considered to be the butt of Mr Trump's prejudice have been pushed forward to do it.

    11 Feb 2017 1:15 AM IST

    The practice of triple talaq (immediate divorce) is at present the subject of a Supreme Court case. (Representational image/File Photo)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Forget politics, triple talaq must go!

    Muslim men have been known to use triple talaq through mobile phones and the Internet.

    4 Feb 2017 12:53 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: If I were Prez Trump's foreign affairs adviser

    The tenacity of American women determined to get to Canada is not to be underestimated.

    28 Jan 2017 12:31 AM IST

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