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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."
    Salman Rushdie (AP file photo)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | The targeting of Salman Rushdie: Shadow of the 1989...

    The 24-year-old Lebanese Muslim, Hadi Matar, has been charged with the attempted murder of Salman Rushdie

    20 Aug 2022 12:00 AM IST

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    Farrukh Dhondy | When religions, cults dominate, truth a casualty &...

    Religion has, throughout history, dominated the realms of politics and governance

    13 Aug 2022 12:11 AM IST

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    Farrukh Dhondy | UK Labour lists all that's wrong: Cronyism, hate &...

    The UK Labour Party has taken the bold step of producing a report on what's gone wrong within its ranks

    6 Aug 2022 12:24 AM IST

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    Farrukh Dhondy | Chumocracy and the media: Web of friendships fuel UK...

    The latest British venture of the Rupert Murdoch empire has been the establishment of a TV channel called TALK TV

    30 July 2022 1:03 AM IST

    Conservative party leadership contender Liz Truss looks on before the live television debate for the candidates for leadership of the Conservative party, hosted by Channel 4 in London, Friday, July 15, 2022. (AP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | With just 2 left in Tories' PM race... Can Brutus be...

    If you are reading this anywhere in the world apart from the UK, you will be spared the 'news' about the rivalry between...

    23 July 2022 1:31 AM IST

    British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak (Photo- AP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | If Conservatives pick ethnic' PM, will racism in...

    Gentle reader, it seemed and even now is quite possible that one of these ethnic candidates will be the next Prime...

    16 July 2022 11:55 PM IST

    Front pages of British national newspapers, each leading with a front page story of the resignation of Boris Johnson as leader of Britains Conservative Party, are arranged for a photograph in Downing Street, the official residence of Britains Prime Minister, in central London on July 8, 2022. (AP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Hedgie, Javid were boulders that broke the camel's...

    BoJo's premiership has been riddled with scandal and what one can only call slack leadership

    8 July 2022 11:55 PM IST

    Britains home secretary Priti Patel attends a remote press conference to update the nation on the COVID-19 pandemic. (AFP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Will BoJo and his chamchi Clueless get me deported to...

    The irony, gentle readers, is devastating and one would cry if one didn't laugh

    1 July 2022 11:39 PM IST

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    Farrukh Dhondy | Should we stop reading writers whose views are truly...

    Religious and regional rivalries, breeding even genocidal prejudice, have bedevilled history

    25 Jun 2022 7:37 AM IST

    Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson attend a news conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Trouble mounts for BoJo all over UK: Will Rwanda come...

    Today the British government claims that Rwanda is the safest, most progressive, internationally engaged country in...

    17 Jun 2022 11:02 PM IST

    Queen Elizabeth II (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Why royalty in Britain works: Few in favour of a...

    In the last week, for three officially designated days, Britain celebrated the Queen's Platinum Jubilee

    11 Jun 2022 12:13 AM IST

    Recently, the local government of the city of Grantham in Lincolnshire, UK, spent £300,000 on a statue of Margaret Thatcher, Britains first woman Prime Minister. (Twitter)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | The rewriting of history: How do toppling of statues...

    All statues commemorate some real, legendary or imagined virtue

    4 Jun 2022 12:01 AM IST

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