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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."
    Ingvar Kamprad, founder of Swedish multinational furniture retailer IKEA. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    A shopping jaunt like none other

    For instance, say you are in IKEA to pick up a double bed and a matching mattress.

    10 Feb 2018 3:16 AM IST

    British Prime Minister Theresa May Theresa May speaks during a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    How some schools in Britain are busy radicalising young minds

    The attack against Ms Lall and Mr Qawi was led by five Muslim councillors, the elected local government officials of...

    3 Feb 2018 12:37 AM IST

    British Prime Minister Theresa May Theresa May speaks during a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Powerplay and clubs of sleaze

    Women MPs are seeking ways to ban such institutions and events through law.

    27 Jan 2018 4:37 AM IST

    A still from Padmaavat.Opinion
    No shades of grey in Hindi films

    Today, one should not be surprised, however, if a Hindutva-inspired film portrays a Muslim or Mughal Indian as an...

    20 Jan 2018 12:42 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
    Tories' divide drove May's rejig, with some UK Asians gaining

    Labour reformed education and health provision for all and there was born an optimism that the rigidities of class would...

    13 Jan 2018 12:37 AM IST

    Shashi TharoorOpinion
    What must we treat as history?

    The latest and absolutely necessary historical endeavour is the one to which Mr Tharoor has contributed.

    6 Jan 2018 12:13 AM IST

    President Donald Trump will dispatch his top diplomatic and military advisors to Pakistan in the coming weeks. (Photo: AFP | File)Opinion
    A year of self-deceptions?

    Chinese investment in Britain may create jobs but will come with demands for huge returns to China.

    30 Dec 2017 12:27 AM IST

    Rahul GandhiOpinion
    Can Rahul, Cong learn from Blair?

    The BJP accused him of trying to steal their Hindutva avatar, but that was just mockery.

    23 Dec 2017 1:30 AM IST

    The candid eyes of CCTV cameras may have recorded the gory incidents of sexual abuse in graphic detail.(Representational image)Opinion
    Of Asians' & sexual crimes in UK

    In the Quilliam case, the word Asian is a balaclava for the faces of the convicted offenders who are of Pakistani...

    16 Dec 2017 2:43 AM IST

    Shashi KapoorOpinion
    Is diversity perversity?

    I can sort-of-sympathise with some idiot researcher dealing Shashi Kapoor obituary mistaking Rishi for Shashi and...

    9 Dec 2017 1:53 AM IST

    Congress MP Shashi Tharoor (Photo: File)Opinion
    Why reparations only from UK? Why not Iran & Macedonia too

    The Ramayan tells us that the god Hanuman set fire to Sri Lanka and so far no one from that country has demanded...

    2 Dec 2017 4:33 AM IST

    The unfortunate cinematic distortions of historyOpinion
    The unfortunate cinematic distortions of history

    The Indian soldiers who perpetrated the uprising were let's face it mercenaries of the East India Company.

    25 Nov 2017 4:58 AM IST

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