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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."
    Prince Harry, Meghan and baby Archie landed by commercial flight from London before heading to Nyanga. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    UK public in favour of Harry & Meghan going off to United States

    The royal family has assigned duties and is paid by the taxpayer to perform them.

    11 Jan 2020 6:29 AM IST

    Bill ClintonOpinion
    Perhaps cannabis was exhilarating stuff, quaffed by the early Aryans

    In Britain, at university, and then through long political association with West Indian comrades, there was a lot of...

    4 Jan 2020 12:44 AM IST

    Rohingya Muslims, who spent four days in the open after crossing over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, carry their belongings after they were allowed to proceed towards a refugee camp, at Palong Khali, Bangladesh. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Like in 1947, shouldn't Hindus show compassion?

    he Syrians and Iraqis fled from the ruins of internecine war.

    28 Dec 2019 2:05 AM IST

    Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    After sweep, can BoJo deliver on Brexit vow?

    Whole swathes of these constituencies for the first time in decades voted for BoJo and the Tories.

    14 Dec 2019 6:09 AM IST

    Another dispute Uber faced was from its own drivers demanding the rights that other employees had to holidays and pensions.Opinion
    Uber, Amazon are transforming the way we live. But is it for the...

    It may of course be that they don't want to fill all those UK tax declarations.

    7 Dec 2019 1:39 AM IST

    Clive JamesOpinion
    Cambridge flashback: Of life and times with Clive James

    Clive was obviously aware of which side I took in the great international political controversy of the day the American...

    30 Nov 2019 12:45 AM IST

    Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo: AP)Opinion
    After Brexit, immigration key factor in UK polls

    The British, or 51 per cent of them, don't like this and voted to leave the European Union to a great measure because of...

    23 Nov 2019 2:28 AM IST

    Prime Minister Boris Johnsons Conservative Party lost a by-election in Wales, cutting his parliamentary majority to just one. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Many British MPs are not contesting polls, and why

    Both the main parties of the UK, the Tories and Labour, have suffered deep schisms over Brexit.

    16 Nov 2019 12:17 AM IST

    Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo: AP)Opinion
    With polls in UK, will Brexit vote remain binding? Or not as such?

    Boris makes other promises: to extend jail sentences, build more prisons and fund health and schools, but their main...

    9 Nov 2019 12:30 AM IST

    The United States has carried out an operation targeting ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a US official told news agency Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity. (Representational Image)Opinion
    J&K and the plight of native American

    No word from the President about the two certainly innocent children whom Baghdadi took to his death with him.

    2 Nov 2019 12:15 AM IST

    Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo: AP)Opinion
    If Boris' Brexit plan collapses, he'll have to call early polls

    Two Cabinet ministers, Bojo and a ratty little ex-journalist called Michael Gove, campaigned with Nigel Farage for the...

    26 Oct 2019 7:45 AM IST

    Boris Johnson (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Brexiteers ready to break-up UK

    Every day for the last two weeks at least the opening scenes of the possible final act played out nothing is certain.

    19 Oct 2019 4:46 AM IST

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