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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."
    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

    British Prime Minister Theresa May at a press conference at Downing Street in central London. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    A Brexit tragedy is unfolding

    The winners constitute at the most four per cent of the total population of the UK.

    19 Jan 2019 12:10 AM IST

    Abu Qatada (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Acting honourably is expensive, as UK govt is now discovering

    There is and has been for decades a British law against instigating the murder of groups or inciting religious hatred.

    12 Jan 2019 12:10 AM IST

    ChristmasOpinion
    Of the Magi, high priests, kings... and how India got its boxwallas'

    The first Jewish holocaust, unfortunately occasioned by loose talk from Parsi priests.

    29 Dec 2018 1:41 AM IST

    Bloggers, influencers, self-styled philosophers, self-published writers and of course people who think the world or even some part of it will be fascinated by the antics of their pets, by what they ate for breakfast or where they happened to be at the weekend.Opinion
    The Internet can bring instant fame, and no editorial checks in the...

    The dating site invites you to characterise the sludge of your personality as honey to attract the equally dishonest...

    22 Dec 2018 5:52 AM IST

    British Prime Minister Theresa May at a press conference at Downing Street in central London. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Theresa could end up like Alexander

    Cameron miscalculated, not by a long shot but by the narrow margin which pushed the Leavers to victory.

    15 Dec 2018 6:47 AM IST

    KohinoorOpinion
    Who is the real owner of Kohinoor?

    With 20 or so resignations recently from Theresa May's government, no one can keep track of who the current ministers in...

    8 Dec 2018 7:27 AM IST

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