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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."
    Prime Minister Boris Johnsons Conservative Party lost a by-election in Wales, cutting his parliamentary majority to just one. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Imposing linguistic quirks on others is complicated

    From time immemorial, people have changed their religion or changed their names in the pursuit of historical justice.

    17 Aug 2019 7:53 AM IST

    Shekhar KapurOpinion
    The pressure of being 'intellectual': When insults fly amid literary...

    It is certainly, even apart from Auden's observations, looked down upon in British culture.

    10 Aug 2019 12:10 AM IST

    Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said that the attack bore all the hallmarks of an attack by the Syrian regime. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Racism is the secret allure of the Take Back Control' call of UK PM

    The Nazis, Brown Shirts and imperial Japanese came to rule their countries though hard-core patriotic appeal.

    3 Aug 2019 1:17 AM IST

    Britains new Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes a statement in the House of Commons in London on Thursday. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    In going for no deal, Boris Johnson should beware the Ides of March

    The population of Britain is approximately 67 million.

    27 July 2019 12:05 AM IST

    In 2016, the award went to Bob Dylan, considered to be someone outside the conventional conception of literature as novels and poetry. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Great singers, musicians continue to stay fresh

    Last weekend in London, another pair of survivors gave a concert in Hyde Park.

    20 July 2019 7:22 AM IST

    British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday she would quit, triggering a contest that will bring a new leader to power. (Photo:AP)Opinion
    Can't UK govt correspond safely?

    The medium became the mistaken message but of course without the mistaken interpretation there would be no plot and no...

    13 July 2019 5:06 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump on Sunday (local time) slammed Russia, Syria and Iran for killing many innocent civilians. (Photo:AP)Opinion
    Why do migrants prefer to go to the West?

    The immigration services and media of the UK make a distinction between genuine migrants and economic migrants.

    6 July 2019 12:31 AM IST

    Boris Johnson (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Boris Johnson is a hypocrite: Yes, even British irony rusts

    The lack of self-consciousness is staggering or perhaps typically British.

    29 Jun 2019 12:20 AM IST

    CPI(M) Politbureau member Brinda KaratOpinion
    'I hereby vow to refuse to serve in a Boris Johnson Cabinet'

    If Uncle Tom Sajid were to get to the post of Prime Minister through this undemocratic process, I, gentle reader, would...

    22 Jun 2019 7:35 AM IST

    British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday she would quit, triggering a contest that will bring a new leader to power. (Photo:AP)Opinion
    Tory leadership race is likely to lead to undemocratic' Brexit

    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has a population of 66 million people.

    15 Jun 2019 2:09 AM IST

    British Prime Minister Theresa May made the announcement about her deparure. (Photo:AP)Opinion
    Trump arrives as May exits: How will Brits stomach this?

    Even Mr Johnson, in the leadership campaign, has said he intends if he wins to put Farage back in his box .

    8 Jun 2019 4:54 AM IST

    British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday she would quit, triggering a contest that will bring a new leader to power. (Photo:AP)Opinion
    Is there any Indian parallel to the farce happening in Britain?

    The new Brexit Party with only one policy leaving the EU won 29 of the 74 seats.

    1 Jun 2019 6:39 AM IST

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