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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."
    Hindutva is a direct derivative of the name of the land of the Indus whereas Bharat derives from respected ancient Indian epic lore. (Image: Freepik)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | What's in a name? From Persia to Iran & Mumbai: The...

    Ironically, the ideological embrace of the powers that want to change the name of India to Bharat is called Hindutva .

    16 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

    The Honor Oak hosts a story-telling session by drag queens. (AFP File Photo)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Of drag queens, evangelicals on racist' protest &...

    This anti-anti-protest, sometimes up to eight hundred strong, labels itself anti-fascists and bears placards saying ...

    9 Sept 2023 12:46 AM IST

    Farrukh Dhondy | Asylum-seekers tags intrusive, but theres also a positive aspectOpinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Asylum-seekers' tags' intrusive, but there's also a...

    Controversy Erupts Over UK's Asylum Seeker Tagging Plan Amid Family Ties

    2 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Frozzys -- The lactose-free lickable frozen yoghurt Ice Cream for dogs. (Photo: Facebook)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | It's not a dog's life: Fancy ice cream, a misguided...

    The Doggy ice-creamwallas are prospering in the UK as more and more brands hit the market.

    26 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

    In the West, the traditional prejudice against homosexuality has, at least in law, been abolished. (AFP File Photo)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Of trans rights and gay norms in the age of a cancel'...

    Those who are sceptic insist that their scepticism doesn't mean that they deny trans people civil rights.

    19 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Just Stop Oil supporters gathered at the gates to No. 10 Downing Street to read out a public declaration of civil resistance. (Photo: Twitter)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Just Stop Oil! Protests over fossil fuels in UK...

    In recent months an agitational group 'Just Stop Oil' has started radically agitating to save the planet from...

    12 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Britains Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. (AP File Photo)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Does Sunak have no fashion senseor is he simply...

    Now Derek Guy, a men's fashion expert, contends in The Times that Hedgie's fashion sense is stuck in the year 2000.

    5 Aug 2023 12:10 AM IST

    Mayor of London Sadiq Khan speaks to the media as he joined London Ambulance workers in observing a minutes silence at the London Ambulance Service headquarters at Waterloo, central London, in honour of the London Bridge terror attack victims, Tuesday June 6, 2017. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | UK Labour in fix: Dilute ULEZ or allow London to...

    Sadiq Khan has now proposed that the ULEZ be expanded from Inner London boroughs to the Outer ones.

    29 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

    Walt Disney died during production of the film The Jungle Book (1967). (AA File Photo)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | As UK goes after the boat people, leaks are found in...

    The children who have been trafficked into Britain, perhaps with the connivance of their parents, arrive here without...

    22 July 2023 12:41 AM IST

    Huw Edwards. (Photo: Twitter)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | A sordid tale in UK as top BBC presenter lands in...

    The story that emerges is a sordid, perhaps pitiable one.

    15 July 2023 12:12 AM IST

    The debate around trans-genders is about the rights of people to identify as they wish and not be discriminated in any way for so doing. (Photo by DIPTENDU DUTTA / AFP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | If you can pick your gender... why can't you choose...

    Liberal opinion in the shape of the Scottish Parliament passed a law to allow people to choose their gender.

    8 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

    Debris from the Titan submersible, recovered from the ocean floor near the wreck of the Titanic, is unloaded from the ship Horizon Arctic at the Canadian Coast Guard pier in St. Johns, Newfoundland (AP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Of May Balls in Cambridge as Titan adventure' ...

    When the debris is examined by submarine experts, we shall probably know how the disaster occurred

    1 July 2023 11:58 AM IST

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