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Farrukh Dhondy
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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."
    Departures at Delhis Indira Gandhi International airport were put on hold this morning as fog and cold wave condition continue to grip national capital. (Representational Image | PTI)Opinion
    Why are India's airports so strict?

    Grand and imposing though they are, the procedures within are a bit of a puzzle.

    13 April 2019 1:31 AM IST

    Though Dubai depends less on oil income, fluctuations in crude oil prices have affected all sectors of its economy. The slowdown took its toll on the small and unorganised sectors in the form of unpaid outstanding dues for companies, unpaid wages for workers and large scale job losses.Opinion
    Oil has empowered regimes led by fanatics across the Islamic world

    The law this week prescribes stoning to death for the supposed sins of adultery and of homosexuality.

    6 April 2019 6:07 AM IST

    British Prime Minister Theresa May arrives for an EU summit at the Europa building in Brussels on Thursday, June 22, 2017. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Politics is creating antagonism to distort culture

    It may be that all elections, if they are free and sometimes even if they are not free, are determinations of the...

    30 March 2019 6:30 AM IST

    British Prime Minister Theresa May at a press conference at Downing Street in central London. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Theresa falls into Blunderland, as Mad Hatters of Brussels make hay

    British democracy will certainly outlast Ms May and the foolish maze she has made of Brexit.

    23 March 2019 12:05 AM IST

    British Prime Minister Theresa May at a press conference at Downing Street in central London. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Brexit vote has left the UK in utter confusion

    Theresa May put her withdrawal deal from the European Union to a vote for the second time and last Tuesday, lost...

    16 March 2019 12:06 AM IST

    Mayor Sadiq Khan called for Londoners to attend a candlelit vigil at Trafalgar Square on Thursday evening in solidarity with the victims and their families. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    What is behind the new UK trend of teens being stabbed to death?

    he British authorities have long pondered the causes and preventive measures to tackle this sort of knife crime.

    9 March 2019 12:24 AM IST

    The issue of women wearing a face-cover, a burqa, in public is different from wearing hijab or head-cover to keep private a womans attractive hair.Opinion
    Amid the UK furore over anti-Semitism, even I was (wrongly) asked to...

    The column was provoked by some idiot declaring a World Hijab Day, importuning all women to adopt the head-cover.

    2 March 2019 2:16 AM IST

    The issue of women wearing a face-cover, a burqa, in public is different from wearing hijab or head-cover to keep private a womans attractive hair.Opinion
    Is the hijab worn mainly to avoid arousal, or simply out of respect?

    There is certainly an injunction to modesty, which doesn't stretch to recommendations of couture.

    25 Feb 2019 12:13 AM IST

    There was some resentment towards such people, particularly in the rural areas that later voted overwhelmingly in favour of leaving the European Union, or Brexit , meaning the British exit from the EU.Opinion
    Brexit's unicorns' and the idiocies, fantasies, myths they spawn

    The British satirical press has played the entertaining game of counting unicorns or mentions of them in Parliament.

    16 Feb 2019 12:12 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump shows a signed Presidential Memorandum after delivering a statement on the Iran nuclear deal from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Tuesday, May 8, 2018, in Washington. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    When Yoko Ono, now 85, sought advice for us' to heal and shine'

    The reports of these were accompanied by the fact that Yoko is now 85 years old!

    9 Feb 2019 2:15 AM IST

    Such actions will not be left without consequences. All responsibility for them rests with Washington, London and Paris, the Russian ambassador said. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    A 'Banglatown' in London?

    The tourists flood in with chic bars, restaurants and shops reflecting the new prosperity.

    2 Feb 2019 1:32 AM IST

    Theresa MayOpinion
    What can gender equality mean in the world of Spice Girls?

    The phrase gender equality in today's world means very many different things.

    26 Jan 2019 2:02 AM IST

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