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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."
    Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said that the attack bore all the hallmarks of an attack by the Syrian regime. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Racism is the secret allure of the Take Back Control' call of UK PM

    The Nazis, Brown Shirts and imperial Japanese came to rule their countries though hard-core patriotic appeal.

    3 Aug 2019 1:17 AM IST

    Britains new Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes a statement in the House of Commons in London on Thursday. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    In going for no deal, Boris Johnson should beware the Ides of March

    The population of Britain is approximately 67 million.

    27 July 2019 12:05 AM IST

    In 2016, the award went to Bob Dylan, considered to be someone outside the conventional conception of literature as novels and poetry. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Great singers, musicians continue to stay fresh

    Last weekend in London, another pair of survivors gave a concert in Hyde Park.

    20 July 2019 7:22 AM IST

    British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday she would quit, triggering a contest that will bring a new leader to power. (Photo:AP)Opinion
    Can't UK govt correspond safely?

    The medium became the mistaken message but of course without the mistaken interpretation there would be no plot and no...

    13 July 2019 5:06 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump on Sunday (local time) slammed Russia, Syria and Iran for killing many innocent civilians. (Photo:AP)Opinion
    Why do migrants prefer to go to the West?

    The immigration services and media of the UK make a distinction between genuine migrants and economic migrants.

    6 July 2019 12:31 AM IST

    Boris Johnson (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Boris Johnson is a hypocrite: Yes, even British irony rusts

    The lack of self-consciousness is staggering or perhaps typically British.

    29 Jun 2019 12:20 AM IST

    CPI(M) Politbureau member Brinda KaratOpinion
    'I hereby vow to refuse to serve in a Boris Johnson Cabinet'

    If Uncle Tom Sajid were to get to the post of Prime Minister through this undemocratic process, I, gentle reader, would...

    22 Jun 2019 7:35 AM IST

    British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday she would quit, triggering a contest that will bring a new leader to power. (Photo:AP)Opinion
    Tory leadership race is likely to lead to undemocratic' Brexit

    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has a population of 66 million people.

    15 Jun 2019 2:09 AM IST

    British Prime Minister Theresa May made the announcement about her deparure. (Photo:AP)Opinion
    Trump arrives as May exits: How will Brits stomach this?

    Even Mr Johnson, in the leadership campaign, has said he intends if he wins to put Farage back in his box .

    8 Jun 2019 4:54 AM IST

    British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday she would quit, triggering a contest that will bring a new leader to power. (Photo:AP)Opinion
    Is there any Indian parallel to the farce happening in Britain?

    The new Brexit Party with only one policy leaving the EU won 29 of the 74 seats.

    1 Jun 2019 6:39 AM IST

    More Indian children are in school today than ever before, but the quality of public schools has sunk to abysmally low levels, as government schools have become the reserve of children at the very bottom of Indias social ladder.Opinion
    Schools need a new curriculum to fight bigotry

    The protests outside Anderton Park school in Birmingham, in which the head teacher refuses to censor the curriculum,...

    25 May 2019 7:02 AM IST

    Pakistans flagOpinion
    UK's Islamophobia ban can turn into a blasphemy law: India should look...

    The suffix was added to distinguish the death-cult from one of the popular religions of the world.

    18 May 2019 12:05 AM IST

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