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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."
    British Prime Minister Theresa May arrives for an EU summit at the Europa building in Brussels on Thursday, June 22, 2017. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Tories' divide drove May's rejig, with some UK Asians gaining

    Labour reformed education and health provision for all and there was born an optimism that the rigidities of class would...

    13 Jan 2018 12:37 AM IST

    Shashi TharoorOpinion
    What must we treat as history?

    The latest and absolutely necessary historical endeavour is the one to which Mr Tharoor has contributed.

    6 Jan 2018 12:13 AM IST

    President Donald Trump will dispatch his top diplomatic and military advisors to Pakistan in the coming weeks. (Photo: AFP | File)Opinion
    A year of self-deceptions?

    Chinese investment in Britain may create jobs but will come with demands for huge returns to China.

    30 Dec 2017 12:27 AM IST

    Rahul GandhiOpinion
    Can Rahul, Cong learn from Blair?

    The BJP accused him of trying to steal their Hindutva avatar, but that was just mockery.

    23 Dec 2017 1:30 AM IST

    The candid eyes of CCTV cameras may have recorded the gory incidents of sexual abuse in graphic detail.(Representational image)Opinion
    Of Asians' & sexual crimes in UK

    In the Quilliam case, the word Asian is a balaclava for the faces of the convicted offenders who are of Pakistani...

    16 Dec 2017 2:43 AM IST

    Shashi KapoorOpinion
    Is diversity perversity?

    I can sort-of-sympathise with some idiot researcher dealing Shashi Kapoor obituary mistaking Rishi for Shashi and...

    9 Dec 2017 1:53 AM IST

    Congress MP Shashi Tharoor (Photo: File)Opinion
    Why reparations only from UK? Why not Iran & Macedonia too

    The Ramayan tells us that the god Hanuman set fire to Sri Lanka and so far no one from that country has demanded...

    2 Dec 2017 4:33 AM IST

    The unfortunate cinematic distortions of historyOpinion
    The unfortunate cinematic distortions of history

    The Indian soldiers who perpetrated the uprising were let's face it mercenaries of the East India Company.

    25 Nov 2017 4:58 AM IST

    The battle for female equality is centuries old but triumphed in significant ways through the latter decades of the twentieth century in very many parts of world. (Photo: YouTube)Opinion
    Archbishop's advice' rings alarm bells

    The news coverage of the Church of England's statement is ambivalent.

    18 Nov 2017 1:12 AM IST

    British Prime Minister Theresa May Theresa May speaks during a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    PM May & her conspiracy-wallas

    When interrogated by Ms May's team, Ms Patel owned up to two of several clandestine meetings and apologised.

    11 Nov 2017 1:03 AM IST

    Russian poet Yevgeny YevtushenkoOpinion
    Accuracy in translation is ambivalent

    Firdaus is buried in a Muslim cemetery in North London, even though in his last days in hospital he told the registrar...

    6 Nov 2017 12:43 AM IST

    Come on ! Are you a leaver or a remainer?Opinion
    Getting an OCI card: Why I gave up

    The lucky day dawned and I went to the outsourced agency office and lined up with 50 others.

    28 Oct 2017 6:50 AM IST

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