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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."
    Cabbages & Kings: Tripping on good senseOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Tripping on good sense

    “You always say your favourite colour is greenI thought you meant the shades of trees and leavesNow bitter tears...

    22 Aug 2015 6:17 AM IST

    Porn: From print to previewOpinion
    Porn: From print to preview

    The ban now extends, quite rightly, to “child porn”

    8 Aug 2015 6:07 AM IST

    Cabbages & Kings: Humanity adriftOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Humanity adrift

    “I was torn in conscience and mindThe prophet said we must chooseBetween some rules on a stoneDictated by an...

    27 Jun 2015 6:54 AM IST

    Penny wise and pound foolishOpinion
    Penny wise and pound foolish

    Swachch Bharat policy should go some way towards preserving the health of the nation

    20 Jun 2015 12:37 PM IST

    Smacks of injusticeOpinion
    Smacks of injustice

    My parents never beat me though my sister (who was born in Abu Dhabi) insists that our mother either threatened her with...

    13 Jun 2015 10:18 AM IST

    Drill and disasterOpinion
    Drill and disaster

    “He carries the past with him —As a wounded animal drags a trapThe pain torments the captive limbA destiny,...

    6 Jun 2015 9:09 AM IST

    Cabbages & Kings: Penetrating the silence of veiled abuseOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Penetrating the silence of veiled abuse

    “If you are on your last legsLearn to crawl!If you’ve run out of steamTry alcohol!Every river knowsThat...

    30 May 2015 5:44 AM IST

    Cabbages & Kings: The phantom occupiersOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: The phantom occupiers

    London has become one of the property hubs of the world

    23 May 2015 6:32 AM IST

    Lassi and flying filesOpinion
    Lassi and flying files

    The point of comparing Ms Irani to Mr Gove is to get her, before she loses her job

    25 April 2015 12:42 PM IST

    Misplaced dissentOpinion
    Misplaced dissent

    “You see me standing in an old man’s shoesNo sense of style, a limp in my walkRepeated jokes, forgetful talk...

    21 Feb 2015 10:24 AM IST

    Cabbages & Kings: Price of free speechOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Price of free speech

    “You thought you saw a hole in the moon,It was a speck of dust on your telescope lens!There aren’t seven...

    10 Jan 2015 6:51 AM IST

    Cabbages & Kings: Snakes & laddersOpinion
    Cabbages & Kings: Snakes & ladders

    “‘Sesame’ wasn’t the cave’s nameIt was a word in the unknowableLanguage of...

    20 Dec 2014 6:40 AM IST

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