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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."
    As the girl resisted the rape attempt, the accused poured kerosene on her and set her ablaze. He fled the spot after the incident. (Photo: Representational)Opinion
    Protect women just like you protect cows!

    It should be obvious on the evidence of the last few years that merely passing new laws, or including harsher...

    30 Jun 2018 5:33 AM IST

    Representational imageOpinion
    Don't be taken in by fake news

    Fake history in the service of some petty cause is easily exposed.

    23 Jun 2018 5:58 AM IST

    Representational imageOpinion
    Persians & the Islamic state of Iran

    If there was a survey today in Iran, 80 per cent of people would say they want to follow the Zardushti religion.

    16 Jun 2018 6:14 AM IST

    Harvey Weinstein.Opinion
    Why no #MeToo in Bollywood?

    Harvey is seen around the world on television walking, accompanied by American police officers as they conduct him to...

    9 Jun 2018 5:50 AM IST

    Cressida Dick, the new Metropolitan Police commissioner poses for photographers, outside New Scotland Yard on Victoria Embankment, in London, Wednesday. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Art often poses a real dilemma

    Cressida attributes gun-and-knife crime in part at least to their aggressive encouragement by drill music and wants it...

    2 Jun 2018 2:43 AM IST

    The shell of a building stands amid acres of rubble in this view of the Japanese city of Hiroshima. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Of tech advances and small businesses

    Dulwich, original and East, boasts of three bookshops within a mile of each other and the above offer has been made by...

    26 May 2018 4:51 AM IST

    Britain is now gearing up for Prince Harrys wedding to actress Meghan Markle (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    A royal wedding & rumours galore

    The bookies are accepting bets on who will walk Meghan down the aisle to give her away as tradition dictates.

    19 May 2018 2:09 AM IST

    Representational image.Opinion
    Paying tribute to dear old friends

    Obituaries are reserved for those who deserve only a little fame and I am sure I won't be able to judge the truth or...

    12 May 2018 6:50 AM IST

    British Prime Minister Theresa May (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Despite Windrush, most Brits aren't racist

    British home secretary Amber Rudd resigned one of the premier ministries of the British state this week.

    5 May 2018 6:33 AM IST

    Congress MP Shashi Tharoor (Photo: File)Opinion
    Blame-thirsty Indians and remorseful Brits

    At the first of these sessions last week, Shashi's book was denounced for bad history and bad statistics by a prominent...

    28 April 2018 12:13 AM IST

    British Prime Minister Theresa May at a press conference at Downing Street in central London. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Of migrants and their antecedents

    Mr Powell was calling on the British nation to recognise the peril that threatened Britain through the presence of...

    21 April 2018 12:27 AM IST

    Mayor Sadiq Khan called for Londoners to attend a candlelit vigil at Trafalgar Square on Thursday evening in solidarity with the victims and their families. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    If crime is rising, look at the roots

    The conference broadened its core topic out as the definitions of sexualâ€, of abuse†and of institution†allow.

    14 April 2018 5:57 AM IST

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