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Farrukh Dhondy
About the AuthorFarrukh Dhondy
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 are the verses of Jalaluddin Rumi such a best-seller in materialistic US? | Farrukh DhondyColumnists
    OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Why are the verses of Jalaluddin Rumi such a...

    The “translations” of Rumi that make it to the best-seller list are by various Americans, among them a gentleman called...

    4 April 2025 11:03 PM IST

    OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Vietnam vignettes: How a Communist country celebrates its entrepreneurs | Farrukh DhondyColumnists
    OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Vietnam vignettes: How a Communist country...

    Hanoi, a city of a hundred lakes, has an island in the centre called Banana Island. No marks for guessing what it grows!

    28 March 2025 10:49 PM IST

    OF CABBAGES AND KINGS |Are citizens really ‘blind’ to poverty, sense of hierarchy in India’s society? | Farrukh DhondyColumnists
    OF CABBAGES AND KINGS |Are citizens really ‘blind’ to poverty, sense...

    So, Parsis celebrate two days as new year. The one which is stable at the vernal equinox on the 20th or 21st of March,...

    22 March 2025 12:12 AM IST

    Farrukh Dhondy | Of Snake Oil ‘Cures’ Other ‘Remedies’: How the World Gets Taken for a RideColumnists
    Farrukh Dhondy | Of Snake Oil ‘Cures’ Other ‘Remedies’: How the World...

    From miracle hearing cures to weight loss pills, online scams thrive on hope and pseudoscience—don’t fall for them.

    16 March 2025 10:04 PM IST

    Elon MuskColumnists
    OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | After Elon Musk in US, will UK too join New...

    In Trump’s boasts about saving American taxpayer’s money there is a massive dimension of hypocrisy

    7 March 2025 11:14 PM IST

    OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Bollywood movies, yoga, curry… Can India’s soft power rise like America’s? | Farrukh DhondyColumnists
    OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Bollywood movies, yoga, curry… Can India’s...

    Then there was the prank we played in college on poor Professor Ketkar, who lectured on chemistry. Most of the hundred...

    28 Feb 2025 11:05 PM IST

    Book Review | Stories that showcase Mumbai’s soulBooks
    Book Review | Stories that showcase Mumbai’s soul

    Mumbai, Bombay, the Big Mango, is the city of the subcontinent with the greatest diversity of class, religions,...

    22 Feb 2025 12:47 PM IST

    OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Rebuild, but don’t displace: Will world compel Trump to retract Gaza plan? | Farrukh DhondyColumnists
    OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Rebuild, but don’t displace: Will world...

    I was certainly aware that Israel had been established after Hitler’s Holocaust, but didn’t connect it with Balfour’s...

    22 Feb 2025 12:30 AM IST

    Farrukh Dhondy | Will attacker of Rushdie get to politicise trial in martyrdom bid?Columnists
    Farrukh Dhondy | Will attacker of Rushdie get to politicise trial in...

    Hadi Matar’s trial for the attempted murder of Salman Rushdie begins in New York, raising questions about his...

    14 Feb 2025 11:20 PM IST

    Farrukh Dhondy | The Trump agenda: What is the kind of ‘greatness’ MAGA hopes to restore?Columnists
    Farrukh Dhondy | The Trump agenda: What is the kind of ‘greatness’...

    Myanmar’s new dictator and Trump’s swearing-in mark global political chaos

    25 Jan 2025 12:02 AM IST

    Book Review | Diligently unfurling GhalibBooks
    Book Review | Diligently unfurling Ghalib

    The cover of this diligent and elegant introduction to Ghalib’s life and work —for the academic as well as...

    18 Jan 2025 12:29 PM IST

    Farrukh Dhondy | Of Musk, Trump and Zuckerberg… and why I changed my mind about NY resolutionsColumnists
    Farrukh Dhondy | Of Musk, Trump and Zuckerberg… and why I changed my...

    “If love breeds confusion It means the lover is besotted If it’s stretched out like a string It...

    18 Jan 2025 12:11 AM IST

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