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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 | Signs of hope in UK's Batley, as teacher triggers...

    Mohammed Amin Pandor, a publicity seeker and a graduate engineer from Dewsbury recently issued a fatwa against the...

    3 April 2021 7:57 AM IST

    There are other ways in which BoJos government behaves in an unsurprising manner. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    BoJo facing flak over legal' graft, dodging of tax & the nanny state'

    Boris Johnson govt has, because of the Covid-19 crisis, done some peculiar things for a Conservative Party to have...

    27 March 2021 4:46 AM IST

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    Farrukh Dhondy | For UK, Sarah Everard killing a wake-up call like...

    To Britain the murder of Sarah was what the Nirbhaya rape-murder was to India

    20 March 2021 11:45 AM IST

    We take skin colourism as a nasty ingredient of our prejudices -- which we shouldnt. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | My adventures with Oprah, the real queen of...

    Interviews with royals are like a virus plague, you don't want to catch them, but you can't avoid hearing all about them

    13 March 2021 4:10 AM IST

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    Farrukh Dhondy | Of patriotism' & nationalism': It may be time to do a...

    In any democratic country today, patriotism ought to mean love for and loyalty to a country that defines itself

    6 March 2021 4:43 AM IST

    My constant, even daily, use of Zoom has given me several useless insights into human behaviour, perhaps not new ones, but ones that confirm what we do and are. (Representational Image: Twitter: @zoom_us)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Life on Zoom: You learn a lot about yourself, and...

    If Indians had invented the ethereal conversation device and needed an onomatopoeic name for it, they would probably...

    27 Feb 2021 4:17 AM IST

    Priti Patel, United Kingdom home secretary (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | How to apply for a job to home secy of Blunderland!

    I guarantee Pritiji, these thoughts of yours which I have humbly attempted to put into words will get you to be PM

    13 Feb 2021 12:00 AM IST

    As of January 23, 39 million people in the so-called first world had received an anti-Covid vaccination. (Representational Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | To ensure safety in a globalised world, all must get...

    The number of people who have been vaccinated in the continent of Africa, excluding South Africa, was 29

    6 Feb 2021 12:56 AM IST

    In this file photo taken on December 8, 2020 a member of staff draws the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine out of a phial at the Southmead Hospital, Briston. (Graeme Robertson / various sources / AFP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Time to bust anti-vaccine myths as all must get jab!

    Some brave mullahs have turned their Islamic halls into vaccination centres and encouraged the community to get jabbed

    30 Jan 2021 7:35 AM IST

    Income Tax Department cautions people against phishing e-mails promising refund. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Hoax on TV anchor is a wake-up call on fake offers

    Gentle reader, Ms Razdan is not the only one to have fallen for fake offers which arrive through the Internet

    23 Jan 2021 12:07 AM IST

    The deniers of vaccination who pose a puzzle are those who have no such complete theory of the universe. What they have instead is the Internet through which the most abject nonsense is spread. (Representational Photo:AFP)Opinion
    Farrukh Dhondy | Time for all to get Covid jabs; don't listen to...

    There are millions of idiots around the world who are anti-vaccers

    16 Jan 2021 12:00 AM IST

    An illustration picture taken on November 19, 2020, shows a vial with Covid-19 Vaccine sticker, a syringe and an earth globe. (AFP)Opinion
    Of Chinese virus, Spanish flu, UK strain: Do points of origin matter?

    Of course, viruses, just like us Parsis, are sometimes named after the things we do and sometimes after the places from...

    9 Jan 2021 7:38 AM IST

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