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French serial killer Charles Sobhraj (C) sits in an aircraft departing from Kathmandu to France, on December 23, 2022. - French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, responsible for multiple murders in the 1970s across Asia, was freed on December 23 after spending almost 20 years in a Nepali prison. (Photo: AFP)

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Farrukh Dhondy | Revisiting the Serpent' saga: My encounters with...

Sobhraj first got in touch with me in 1997. He rang my office at Channel Four TV, UK, where I was a commissioning editor

31 Dec 2022 12:21 AM IST

Britains Finance minister Rishi Sunak said that hundreds of thousands of people have already lost their jobs, and sadly in the coming months many more will. (AP Photo)

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Farrukh Dhondy | Food or warmth? Tough choices on Hedgie's watch as...

The inflation crisis is called the cost-of-living (CoL) crisis as the price of everything is going up by leaps and...

24 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

In Britain, which has certainly been demographically transformed into a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, multi-faith society in the last 50 years, it has become customary to ask first-generation immigrants where they come from without any malice intended. (Photo: Twitter)

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Farrukh Dhondy | Where are you from? UK row erupts on royal racism,...

Can we understand an 83-year-old privileged lady being unaware that her attitude and persistence amounted to abuse ?

17 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

A latest searching statistic in Britain has discovered that fewer than 50 per cent of the population now claim to be Christian (Representational Image/AFP)

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Farrukh Dhondy | Of right-wing bigots, religion & (in)tolerance in...

What the statistic tells us is that the influence of religion over life in Britain, unlike, say, in Iran or Afghanistan,...

3 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST

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Farrukh Dhondy | When fantasy pretends to be history Does truth...

Gentle reader, there has always been a conflict between truth and blind nationalist interpretation of events

26 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

Activists from the group Just Stop Oil block a road in London, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022 demanding to stop future gas and oil projects from going ahead. British climate activists who have blocked roads and splattered artworks with soup said Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, that they are suspending a days-long protest that has clogged a major highway around London. (Photo: AFP)

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Farrukh Dhondy | Why protests matter and stifling them is unacceptable

In professed democracies such as the UK or India, the State's antagonism to the freedom of speech cannot and must not be...

11 Nov 2022 8:13 PM IST

Rishi Sunak, front-runner to the British PM post (Photo: AP)

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Farrukh Dhondy | Are days already numbered for Hedgie Sunak? Third...

Already the unions, railway workers and medical staff, including 80,000 nurses, have declared that they will go on...

5 Nov 2022 12:05 AM IST

Britains newly appointed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers a speech outside 10 Downing Street in central London, on October 25, 2022. - Rishi Sunak was Tuesday appointed as Britains third prime minister this year, after outgoing leader Liz Truss submitted her resignation to King Charles III. (Photo: AFP))

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Farrukh Dhondy | At last! Hedgie enters No. 10 How long will the party...

All public opinion polls give Labour a 30% lead over the Tories and that would mean a historic wipe out of Hedgie, his...

29 Oct 2022 12:05 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Liz Truss addresses the media in Downing Street in London, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. Truss says she resigns as leader of UK Conservative Party. (Photo: AP)

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Farrukh Dhondy | Will India trade deal survive Liz Truss' exit? Can...

The policies Truss announced are now no longer indications of British govt's intentions, except perhaps for one a trade...

22 Oct 2022 12:05 AM IST

$Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 9 blamed Ukrainian secret services for the huge blast a day earlier that ripped through Russias Crimea bridge, which he described as a \terrorist act\. (Photo: AFP)$ Opinion

Farrukh Dhondy | As Putin cuts off the gas, Europe looks ahead to a...

Mr Putin has retaliated by cutting off gas supplies and even sabotaging with leaks his own undersea gas pipeline

14 Oct 2022 11:28 PM IST

Very many institutions in Britain have engaged in research to find and expiate connections with and profit in the past from slavery. (AFP File Photo)

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Farrukh Dhondy | Who'll atone for slave trade, all the loot? Who'll...

History is full of injustices, transgressions and genocide. Are the descendants of the victims of those injustices...

8 Oct 2022 1:01 AM IST

British Labour MP called Rupa Huq has been suspended by her party for passing racist remarks. (Photo: Twitter)

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Farrukh Dhondy | Black in Britain: It's not just race; it's about...

Some of those who rose through the professional ranks retained their connections, however vague, with the black ...

1 Oct 2022 12:03 AM IST