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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."
    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)Opinion
    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)Opinion
    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

    News.Opinion
    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)Opinion
    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)Opinion
    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

    Shakespeare (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    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

    England beat Denmark in the semi-finals of the European Football Cup and will now play Italy in the final on Sunday. (Representational Image: AFP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Adieu fair play: Sportsmanship under threat in...

    For some viewers in that room, the game had turned into a metaphorical political war

    17 July 2021 12:49 AM IST

    England beat Denmark in the semi-finals of the European Football Cup and will now play Italy in the final on Sunday. (Representational Image: AFP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | In today's world, the signalling' of virtue' could...

    It's difficult to see what the footballers who 'take the knee' can do to combat racism outside the football stadium

    10 July 2021 12:01 AM IST

    News.Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Why democracy often turns ugly: Prejudice & hate as...

    The byelection for a Member of Parliament in the Yorkshire constituency of Batley was a paradigm of this ugliness

    3 July 2021 12:20 AM IST

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    Farrukh Dhondy | Of flat earth' & science denial: New orthodoxy of...

    The story goes that, true to his beliefs, as he left the court, he muttered to himself, or perhaps to his God if he...

    26 Jun 2021 12:13 AM IST

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