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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 | 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

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    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

    Farrukh Dhondy | Of ‘Paki-bashing’ in UK and the 2024 ‘Uprising’ which Swept BangladeshColumnists
    Farrukh Dhondy | Of ‘Paki-bashing’ in UK and the 2024 ‘Uprising’ which...

    Bangladesh’s popular movement is, in our times, unique for demonstrating that a people’s uprising is perhaps the greater...

    30 May 2025 10:17 PM IST

    OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Of Pet Dogs, Cats & Other Animals… And The Rights of Tenants in Britain | Farrukh DhondyColumnists
    OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Of Pet Dogs, Cats & Other Animals… And The...

    The bill is being met with all manner of qualifications and amendments. Should it, for instance, specify which animals...

    24 May 2025 2:13 AM IST

    Farrukh Dhondy | Of ‘Transgenderism’; Battles Over Choices by Men & Women on Sexual PreferencesColumnists
    Farrukh Dhondy | Of ‘Transgenderism’; Battles Over Choices by Men &...

    Writers and courts weigh in as transgender rights clash with biology and law

    16 May 2025 10:08 PM IST

    Farrukh Dhondy | UK to Celebrate Raj Kapoor’s Heroic Myths of India After 1947Columnists
    Farrukh Dhondy | UK to Celebrate Raj Kapoor’s Heroic Myths of India...

    OF CABBAGES AND KINGS“No height to which a tree can growNo ambition for the steady and slowNo limit to the number of...

    10 May 2025 2:07 AM IST

    Farrukh Dhondy | My Life With Literary Indo-Brit ‘Legends’ Like Salman Rushdie, Kureishi & Tariq AliColumnists
    Farrukh Dhondy | My Life With Literary Indo-Brit ‘Legends’ Like Salman...

    A personal glimpse into the courage, brilliance, and legacy of three “Indo-Brit” literary greats

    2 May 2025 9:44 PM IST

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