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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."

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Farrukh Dhondy | Why I'm happy to be a snob amid linguistic...

Indian historians, even in my school days, decolonised the accounts of Indian history written by British Raj historians

9 Oct 2021 12:53 AM IST

The shortage of fuel to vehicles is not the only acute crisis that Britain is suffering. (AFP Photo)

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Farrukh Dhondy | I told you so UK fuel crisis shows fears on Brexit...

No, gentle reader, the supply of fuel had not been curtailed by the oil-fields of the world being flooded by...

2 Oct 2021 1:45 AM IST

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Farrukh Dhondy | Why diversity is critical to being British

Very many institutions in Britain have adopted what they call a policy of 'diversity'

25 Sept 2021 6:51 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street to attend the weekly session of Prime Ministers Questions in Parliament in London. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has strongly defended his controversial plan to override sections of the Brexit deal that he negotiated with the European Union, arguing that the bloc has an extreme interpretation of the treaty that could jeopardize the future of the U.K. (AP)

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Farrukh Dhondy | Was it cruel? Why Gavin had to go in Boris' shuffle

Gavin Williamson then supported Boris Johnson for the leadership of the party and was rewarded by BoJo with the...

18 Sept 2021 2:20 AM IST

A national library employee shows a gold Nobel Prize medal in Bogota, Colombia. The Nobels, with new winners announced starting Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, often concentrate on unheralded, methodical, basic science. (AP File)

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Farrukh Dhondy | Will vaccine philantrophy be deserving of a Nobel?

In 2019, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Abiy Ahmed, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia

12 Sept 2021 2:50 AM IST

A health worker counts syringes as she prepares to inoculate traders and shopkeepers with a dose of the Covishield vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus at a vaccination camp in Ahmedabad. (Photo: AFP)

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Farrukh Dhondy | Why some still say no to jabs, forcing all into an...

I am one of the 80 per cent of people in Britain who have had at least one anti-Covid vaccination

4 Sept 2021 2:55 AM IST

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Farrukh Dhondy | Gender equity and literature: Are we taking things...

Literature was to be judged by its literary skill and, absolutely, by its enforcement of humanistic, humanitarian and...

28 Aug 2021 1:46 AM IST

Afghan nationals line up to board a military transport plane at the Kabul airport on August 17, 2021, for evacuation from Afghanistan after the Talibans military takeover of the country. (AFP)

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Farrukh Dhondy | Hypocrisy runs amok in West as Kabul falls & dark...

He reported from several cities as they fell to the Taliban offensive -- a hurricane through yielding fields

21 Aug 2021 12:10 AM IST

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Farrukh Dhondy | Curry trouble in England A storm over Indian cuisine

Language evolves and the healthier the language is, the more prone it is to adaptation, evolution, flexibility

14 Aug 2021 8:52 AM IST

Amazon has updated the Alexa app on iOS so that users can access the voice assistant right from their home screens via a new widget. (Photo: PTI)

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Creepy feelings as tech advances: Will Alexa listen in & tell the CIA?

The brain is a muscle which harbours memories and thoughts

7 Aug 2021 10:33 AM IST

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Heartless in UK: Do all victims of trafficking pose a security threat?

The Modern Slavery Act, in line with international legal agreements, extends the State's protection to all victims of...

31 July 2021 6:57 AM IST

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Farrukh Dhondy | In UK, linguistic revolutionaries' try to ban' those...

What the boy is asking himself is should he endure these S and As or should he fight against such opposition or...

24 July 2021 1:18 AM IST