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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."
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    Farrukh Dhondy | On theocracy, secularism, and new truths about the...

    Did Jinnah actually foresee the possibility of India's pronounced secular democracy turning into a not-so-secular,...

    1 April 2022 11:26 PM IST

    British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (AP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Bureaucracy in UK, EU & India: Putin's war to BoJo's...

    Putin's criminal war has caused the largest refugee crisis Europe has known since the Second World War

    26 March 2022 12:15 AM IST

    A Venue from Jaipur Literary Festival. (Twitter)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Ordeal to enter India; and ways to avoid writers at...

    A very pleasant and talkative driver drove me through the several traffic jams and road-work hold-ups in six hours to...

    21 March 2022 12:40 AM IST

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    Farrukh Dhondy | There's a price for supporting democracy: Are we...

    Not buying Russian gas and oil may cause serious problems there. But then, supporting democracy, even nascent ones,...

    12 March 2022 1:24 AM IST

    The Royal Shakespeare Company has appointed a sort of czar to point out to schoolchildren the racism, sexism, ageism, homophobia, misogyny, anti-Semitism, sizeism in his works. (Representational Image/AFP)Opinion
    Racism warning' for Shakespeare, Hemingway: Is it tip of the iceberg?

    In my critical understanding there is woke, and there is what has to be labelled 'Jwoke'!

    4 March 2022 11:55 PM IST

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    Farrukh Dhondy | Uncle Tom games: Can Gojo take on Czar's brigade as...

    I am engaged in writing a book with the mildly derivate title 'Uncle Tom's Cabinet'

    26 Feb 2022 7:13 AM IST

    Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (AP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | New UK crisis: Chicken tikka masala at risk as prices...

    Of course, one should be concerned about the thousands of jobs that will be lost if a sizeable number of restaurants...

    18 Feb 2022 11:40 PM IST

    Kohinoor diamond. (AA file photo)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | The Kohinoor for Camilla? It's high time it is back...

    It is possible that Prince Charles, being the fair-minded bloke he is, decides to persuade Camilla to repatriate the...

    12 Feb 2022 12:23 AM IST

    In this file photo taken on November 10, 2020 Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) and Martin Reynolds, the Prime Ministers Principal Private Secretary (L), arrive back at Downing Street. (Photo:AFP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | No. 10 parties: BoJo is trying desperately to fend...

    BoJo survives but the nails are being steadily banged into the coffin

    5 Feb 2022 12:11 AM IST

    Jamie Oliver is a famous chef and writes recipe books. Jamie launched a ready-meal packet called Punchy Jerk Rice. (Photo: Facebook)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Of food fatwiks' & jerky' dishes: What's cultural...

    Some time ago, Jamie launched a ready-meal packet called Punchy Jerk Rice

    28 Jan 2022 11:00 PM IST

    BoJo was sanctioned for columns he wrote in the Daily Telegraph likening Muslim ladies wearing burqas to letter boxes with round tops and slits below and then to Balaclavaed bank robbers. (Jessica TAYLOR / various sources / AFP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Truth and lies: A Sobhraj twist as BoJo faces more...

    The defection comes as BoJo's participation in the decadent culture of the cabal of politicians and civil servants he...

    22 Jan 2022 12:42 AM IST

    UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson Wednesday apologised for attending a lockdown-breaching party held in his Downing Street garden. (AFP Photo)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Is the party over for BoJo at last? Will Starmers get...

    Was this congregation of people in the garden of 10 Downing Street a prayer meeting?

    15 Jan 2022 12:29 AM IST

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