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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."
    OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Why Many Parsis Celebrate Navroz, Or Their New Year, Thrice Every Year! | Farrukh DhondyColumnists
    OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Why Many Parsis Celebrate Navroz, Or Their New...

    I’ll tell you gentle reader, when I’ve recounted two memories of India’s Independence Day: It was 1962. I lived with my...

    22 Aug 2025 10:35 PM IST

    Farrukh Dhondy | Will Britain Turn into a Tinderbox, as Asylum-Seekers Set Off Civil War?Columnists
    Farrukh Dhondy | Will Britain Turn into a 'Tinderbox', as...

    OF CABBAGES AND KINGS “Shah Jahan Feasted on betel nut and paan His confidantes said, ‘It’s idle to exist chewing...

    15 Aug 2025 11:02 PM IST

    OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Will ‘Wokery’ Now Displace All Rivals To Christianity in Britain Of Today? | Farrukh DhondyColumnists
    OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Will ‘Wokery’ Now Displace All Rivals To...

    So, what then of Danny’s contention that the second religion displacing Christianity in contemporary Britain is...

    8 Aug 2025 11:07 PM IST

    OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Could UK, France Push On Palestine Lead To A swift 2-state Solution? | Farrukh DhondyColumnists
    OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Could UK, France Push On Palestine Lead To A...

    What can Mr Macron and Mr Starmer hope to achieve with these announcements? Will other nations join them? Even if every...

    1 Aug 2025 9:43 PM IST

    Farrukh Dhondy | Anti-Semitism Row Rocks Britain Again: Labour Axes MP For Remark On Blacks…Columnists
    Farrukh Dhondy | Anti-Semitism Row Rocks Britain Again: Labour Axes MP...

    After Mr Corbyn’s defeat the party elected Sir Keir Starmer as leader and he set about purging the party of those he...

    25 July 2025 9:05 PM IST

    OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | If ‘Regime Change’ Looms In Tehran… Give Zoroastrians A Chance At Power | Farrukh DhondyColumnists
    OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | If ‘Regime Change’ Looms In Tehran… Give...

    Nehemiah was the Emperor Cyrus’ cup-bearer and conveyed to Cyrus his distress at the enslavement of the Jewish people by...

    18 July 2025 10:56 PM IST

    Farrukh Dhondy | If Zohran, a ‘Real Socialist’, Becomes New York’s Mayor, What’ll India Say?Columnists
    Farrukh Dhondy | If Zohran, a ‘Real Socialist’, Becomes New York’s...

    Have due regard For Sheherazade Who knew life and love were her rights So, she invented The Arabian Nights…” From The...

    12 July 2025 12:18 AM IST

    Farrukh Dhondy | Targeting Israel at Glastonbury, Kumbh of Music, Raises a StormColumnists
    Farrukh Dhondy | Targeting Israel at Glastonbury, Kumbh of Music,...

    From IRA-linked lyrics to pro-Palestine chants, Britain’s biggest music fest stirs a storm

    4 July 2025 11:36 PM IST

    Farrukh Dhondy | ‘Assisted Dying’; Abortion May Be Easier in UK: Why I’m Against This…Columnists
    Farrukh Dhondy | ‘Assisted Dying’; Abortion May Be Easier in UK: Why...

    Some, epic and modern, write about death. Dylan Thomas says “rage, rage against the dying of the light”. Was that futile...

    28 Jun 2025 2:23 AM IST

    Farrukh Dhondy | The Rising ‘Grooming Gang’ Menace in UK: Will a Probe Expose the Truth & Coverup?Columnists
    Farrukh Dhondy | The Rising ‘Grooming Gang’ Menace in UK: Will a Probe...

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    21 Jun 2025 1:17 AM IST

    OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | The Elon-Donald Comic Soap Opera: Who’ll End On Top? Amid UK Tussle… | Farrukh DhondyColumnists
    OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | The Elon-Donald Comic Soap Opera: Who’ll End...

    How “rising” is this political party? One is tempted to call it extreme right-wing, with its anti-immigrant rhetoric,...

    14 Jun 2025 12:07 AM IST

    Salman Rushdie (AP file photo)Columnists
    Farrukh Dhondy | Of Tariq Ali, And His Take on Ho, The Rushdie Fatwa &...

    I said I remembered telling Salman I didn’t in principle object to book- burning and would be quite pleased if, say, the...

    7 Jun 2025 12:10 AM IST

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