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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."
    In this 2014 file photo, the audience reacts during the Proms at Royal Albert Hall, London. The BBC has ditched the lyrics of Rule Britannia! for its traditional summer-ending concert amid a controversy over the songs celebration of the British Empire. (AP file photo)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | BBC Proms: Bosses caught between govt line and woke...

    Public hoo-ha between the BBC and the prime minister over song lyrics

    2 Sept 2020 12:28 AM IST

    Students hold placards as they protest outside the Department for Education in central London to protest against the downgrading of A-level results. AFP PhotoOpinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | UK's 'Fair Grades Matter' movement, where BoJo...

    What I would call the Fair Exam Grades Matter movement now took to the streets

    24 Aug 2020 4:58 PM IST

    Migrants (left), believed to have been picked up from boats in the Channel by UK Border Force officers, arrive in the harbour aboard Coastal patrol vessel \HMC Speedwell\, in the port of Dover, on the south-east coast of England. AP PhotoOpinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Post Channel crossing solution', is France laughing...

    Having fought for and achieved Brexit, Clueless has no recourse to the EU rules that govern the arrival and...

    15 Aug 2020 4:44 PM IST

    The Art of Persia, presented by the very talented and unassuming presenter Samira Ahmed purports to recreate the history of Persia through its artefacts. Photo: TwitterOpinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Art of Persia: Time to question Alexander's...

    Cyrus, a declared Zoroastrian and follower of the single god Ahura Mazda is mentioned in several instances in the Old...

    8 Aug 2020 2:30 AM IST

    Farrukh Dhondy | Boris Johnsons obesity challenge and globalisation in COVID timesOpinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Boris Johnson's obesity challenge and globalisation'...

    The British government will ban, for certain hours in the week, mind you, advertising which sells junk food

    1 Aug 2020 4:59 PM IST

    The Islamist attacks in India were, in all instances, politically motivated spreading terror in the name of a neighbouring state. AFP PhotoOpinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Is Islamism' unjustified? It is, but so is women'

    The objection is that the terms associate mass murder with Islam and that gives rise to Islamophobia and racism

    25 July 2020 5:44 PM IST

    File photo of UK chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak (right) speaking to employees during a visit to a factory in Worcester, central England earlier this month. (AFP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Rishi and Priti bring us Bringapore

    We're beginning to see the shape of the post-COVID UK: Freeports all around but a wall in the channel

    18 July 2020 12:43 AM IST

    British PM Boris JohnsonOpinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | BoJo wouldn't pass my PM test, but nor would Rishi or...

    Uber had exploited the human necessity to get from one place to another

    13 July 2020 7:03 PM IST

    Protesters during a Justice for Shukri Abdi demonstration, to support the family in their pursuit of justice, in central London. AFP PhotoOpinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | In a crisis, is Boris pushing the coconuts' forward?

    The word coconut' is used to abuse people who are deemed to be brown outside and white inside'

    4 July 2020 2:18 AM IST

    AFP PhotoOpinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Mahatma imperfect, but toppling history dooms you to...

    Historical outrage against a person, nation, race, religion or caste, can be proved.

    27 Jun 2020 2:40 AM IST

    Munira Mirza (Twitter)Opinion
    Nonsense detector' or racism denier'?

    Munira Mirza's enquiry raises brows

    20 Jun 2020 6:32 PM IST

    Protesters march and hold signs near the Minneapolis 1st Police precinct during a demonstration against police brutality and racism on June 13, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. AFP PhotoOpinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Collective subconscious demands redress, but fair...

    The Black Lives Matter movement of the US demanded an end to the powers that allow American police to discriminate...

    14 Jun 2020 4:20 PM IST

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