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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."
    President Donald Trump waves with his wife Melania Trump after being sworn in as the 45th president of the United States during the 58th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Trump's line - Boys will be boys

    Mr Trump stands accused of assisting the Russian secret services with intelligence on Russian businessmen in the US.

    21 Jan 2017 12:59 AM IST

    SOAS, University of London (Photo: soas.ac.uk)Opinion
    Can we decolonise' our minds?

    SOAS has in the ensuing centuries, specially after the actual independence of the countries of the empire.

    14 Jan 2017 1:26 AM IST

    This 2015 photo provided by RR Auction shows Mario Puzos 1965 Olympia typewriter with manuscripts and versions of both Godfather I and II screenplays. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Does a writer's opinion matter?

    Writers would treat themselves as the uncrowned legislators of the world.

    7 Jan 2017 1:19 AM IST

    Identifying terrorism as the biggest threat facing India and Pakistan, he said the time has come to effectively deal with terrorists as well as those who spread mischief and violence in the name of religion. (Representational Image, Photo: AP)Opinion
    Stories of race and isolation in London

    The report has no instantly implementable solutions to the obvious and growing social dislocation caused by this evolved...

    31 Dec 2016 2:08 AM IST

    ISIS proclaimed a caliphate over parts of Iraq and Syria in 2014 but has lost a significant amount of territory since then to US-backed offensives. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: 2016 - Looking back in anger

    In Germany, Italy and France, the refugee question has led to the rise of far-right parties.

    24 Dec 2016 12:46 AM IST

    Representational imageOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Second war of offended sentiments?

    There are, according to the last census, 800,000 Hindus and 1.2 million vegetarians in the UK.

    17 Dec 2016 1:13 AM IST

    Cabbages & Kings: A cooked-up story that was trueOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: A cooked-up story that was true

    The person “handling” Ms Keeler's trade was Stephen Ward not exactly a pimp but an enabler for the great and the...

    10 Dec 2016 1:13 AM IST

    Journalist Dilip Padgaonkar (Photo: video grab)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Flashback - Journo tales from Poona

    He never lost the ideals of liberty, equality, fraternity and the Indian secular ideal.

    3 Dec 2016 1:02 AM IST

    US President-elect Donald Trump (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Walls of disharmony

    Globalisation should have meant exchange of labour.

    26 Nov 2016 12:35 AM IST

    US President-elect Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Trump's list' to stop terrorism

    It is a medically-sanctioned truth that more people die of choking on their food in the US.

    19 Nov 2016 12:39 AM IST

    US President-elect Donald Trump. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: America's eccentric elephant in the room

    Mr Trump's pronouncements seemed to make it permissible to be verbally racist, misogynist, homophobic and xenophobic.

    12 Nov 2016 12:37 AM IST

    At a hearing at Londons City Hall on Thursday, he said that hate crime was showing signs of decreasing after a sharp rise in June and July, but it had still not returned to pre-referendum levels.Opinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Britain and the racial mix

    The concentration has also allowed these communities to exercise democratic power through the force of numbers.

    5 Nov 2016 12:51 AM IST

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