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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."
    Viceroys House movie posterOpinion
    The Raj & Partition: A relook

    Ms Bhutto repeatedly says that the film doesn't blame the British for Partition.

    11 March 2017 2:39 AM IST

    Pembroke College, Cambridge (Photo:www.pem.cam.ac.uk)Opinion
    Food tussles aren't real politics

    As is the concept of cultural expropriation another idle Western undergraduate shibboleth.

    4 March 2017 5:33 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Will clowns have the last laugh?

    There were no deaths through violence of any sort in Sweden on February 17, 2017.

    25 Feb 2017 12:49 AM IST

    The \Kipling Bungalow\ is one of several mansions in Mumbai, once associated with famous residents but now in ruin. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Culture & the Raj: A look back

    Rudyard's fame has overshadowed the career and contribution of his father, so the exhibition is a welcome reminder.

    18 Feb 2017 6:33 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)Opinion
    UK Speaker speaks against Trump

    The Muslims, universally considered to be the butt of Mr Trump's prejudice have been pushed forward to do it.

    11 Feb 2017 1:39 AM IST

    Triple talaq has been distorted in India, and its far more important to ban this than use it as a wedge to encroach on Muslim personal laws. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Forget politics, triple talaq must go!

    The exercise of democracy in the forthcoming Uttar Pradesh elections has thrown up a very essential, even vital debate.

    4 Feb 2017 4:27 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump speaks during a White House senior staff swearing in ceremony in the East Room of the White House. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    If I were Prez Trump's foreign affairs adviser

    Trump ought to take immediate executive action to dynamite the Statue of Liberty, which stands in New York harbour.

    28 Jan 2017 12:09 AM IST

    US President Donald TrumpOpinion
    Trump's line: Boys will be boys

    Mr Trump stands accused of assisting the Russian secret services with intelligence on Russian businessmen in the US.

    21 Jan 2017 1:23 AM IST

    SOAS, University of London (Photo: soas.ac.uk)Opinion
    Can we decolonise' our minds?

    Their school was set up in colonial times by British imperialists working through London university to train personnel...

    14 Jan 2017 5:19 AM IST

    Stephen Hawkins (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Does a writer's opinion matter?

    The statement is an antidote to the opinions that stars who take themselves seriously periodically offer.

    7 Jan 2017 7:09 AM IST

    Supporters of LGBT and human rights wave rainbow flags during a rally supporting a proposal to allow same-sex marriage in Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo: AP/File)Opinion
    Stories of race and isolation in London

    The isolationist report statistically detailed what Britain should be well aware of.

    31 Dec 2016 3:14 AM IST

    US President-elect Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    2016: Looking back in anger

    Globalisation has meant the export of capital to places where the labour force is the cheapest to train and employ.

    24 Dec 2016 5:06 AM IST

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