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Articles for Hedgie

Farrukh Dhondy | Of Labour, Tories and a storm in a teacup in Britain over racism, MPs
9 months, 1 week ago

Farrukh Dhondy | Of Labour, Tories and a storm in a teacup in Britain over racism, MPs

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“We’ve heard the burdened donkey start to bray But is the sound a curse, or does he pray To God complaining that if every dog Can have one, why can’t donkeys have a day? I pose the question because the above-mentioned storm that has broken out is to do, in the highest ranks of the governance of this precious stone …

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Farrukh Dhondy | Sunak lives on the edge: Will he take the UK into icy waters?
1 year ago

Farrukh Dhondy | Sunak lives on the edge: Will he take the UK into icy waters?

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“O Bachchoo there is no destiny No man’s preordained fate Creatures of the best-in-me If we don’t leave it too late If life was mapped for all of us And there was no free will There would be no conscience or fuss And no heavenly grill” From Daastaan Ka Duster, by Bachchoo Gentle reader, I must confess that I have …

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Farrukh Dhondy | UK must return all its loot from the Elgin Marbles to the Kohinoor!
1 year ago

Farrukh Dhondy | UK must return all its loot from the Elgin Marbles to the Kohinoor!

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“O Bachchoo why do you dance with such delight The day is young and the sun and love are bright You now rejoice in your beloved’s sight And forget that the day gives way to night…” From Ah The Wicked Kalidas Away, by Bachchoo In the 1980s of the past century there were anti-police riots in Brixton in south London. …

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Farrukh Dhondy | Just like Ravan, Suella stumbles and falls off her perch amid row
1 year, 1 month ago

Farrukh Dhondy | Just like Ravan, Suella stumbles and falls off her perch amid row

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“O come with old Bachchoo and leave the lot Of God-men and life-style gurus forgot Let them preach to gullible fools On their quest for ‘spirit’ -- heed them not!” From Hey Bhagwan, What about Hindoostan? On the Monday before last Saturday, Cruella wrote an article in The Times saying that London’s police force should shut down the pro-Palestinian demonstration …

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Farrukh Dhondy | UK Labour in fix: Dilute ULEZ or allow London to breathe bad air?
1 year, 4 months ago

Farrukh Dhondy | UK Labour in fix: Dilute ULEZ or allow London to breathe bad air?

Deccan Chronicle  

“The crow came upon a lead bullet He knew he shouldn’t swallow it The bullet shot out from its gun So fast he couldn’t follow it. This crow was known for flying straight The bullet had parabolic flight We can spot the crow as the crow flies The bullet’s speed mocks human sight…” From Aesopgol Fables, by Bachchoo Electoral predictions …

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Farrukh Dhondy | As UK goes after boat people, leaks are found in Brexit exclusion
1 year, 5 months ago

Farrukh Dhondy | As UK goes after boat people, leaks are found in Brexit exclusion

Deccan Chronicle  

“And the punters said to Bachchoo ‘Speak to us of Passion!’ And Bachchoo replied ‘It is that which is in and then out. I thought you meant fashion And were using your Bangladeshi accent’.” From The Profit of Conlil Gibberish, by Bachchoo I am no fan of Mickey Mouse but confess a lifelong passion for the discourse of Baloo the …

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Farrukh Dhondy | Caesar vs Brutus or Boris vs Rishi? Morality twist to UK power games
1 year, 6 months ago

Farrukh Dhondy | Caesar vs Brutus or Boris vs Rishi? Morality twist to UK power games

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“O Bachchoo are you a thousand tortured souls? The latest incident is the quarrel over BoJo’s resignation honours list: Retiring Prime Ministers are entitled to award “honours” to people of their choice, making them Lords, Dames, Baronesses, Knights and offer them “Orders of” or “Memberships of” the “British Empire”. An independent Parliamentary Commons Privileges Committee has been constituted to investigate …

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Farrukh Dhondy | Amid dog-whistle politics, did Sunak go easy on Suella?
1 year, 6 months ago

Farrukh Dhondy | Amid dog-whistle politics, did Sunak go easy on Suella?

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“Dogs live in a nose dimension, They smell ghosts with a sweetness of spirit Or evil ones with a terrifying stink They know death from the air around it And opportunity when love is nigh.” From Dhoka Cola, by Bachchoo The former President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, has been sentenced to three years in jail on charges of corruption. This …

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Farrukh Dhondy | Don't Tories know immigration can bring UK into a globalised world?
1 year, 7 months ago

Farrukh Dhondy | Don't Tories know immigration can bring UK into a globalised world?

Deccan Chronicle  

“Poets paint in words, they say The waters are quiet in the bay Last night I saw a shooting star An echo comes now from afar It’s just the music of The Word The vibrations that prophets heard The energy that turned to matter The Word congeals, prophecies scatter. It’s only a fancy analysis of the progress of Hedgie Sunak …

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Farrukh Dhondy | Sleaze, hypocrisy, corruption: The many ills that bedevil UK today
1 year, 7 months ago

Farrukh Dhondy | Sleaze, hypocrisy, corruption: The many ills that bedevil UK today

Deccan Chronicle  

O Bachchoo spot that bird in flight Is it an Eagle, Hawk or Kite Swooping now to kill its prey And bear some slower bird away Or pluck a squirrel or a rat Or any crawling species that Catches its hunting, roving eye Red in beak and claw to ply Nature’s truth that might is right And birds of prey …

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Farrukh Dhondy | Trouble grows for Sunak after Lineker stands up for asylum seekers
1 year, 9 months ago

Farrukh Dhondy | Trouble grows for Sunak after Lineker stands up for asylum seekers

Deccan Chronicle  

“The blind singer urges the nightingale To fly from this veil of tears Urging her to fly to the land of springs Away from the world of deceitful seers This alley, he sings, is a home of no return Where hearts are broken and all our pasts burn Leaving ashes of memory, that’s all that remains O nightingale fly to …

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Farrukh Dhondy | N Ireland deal with EU is a big win for Rishi: But will it work?
1 year, 9 months ago

Farrukh Dhondy | N Ireland deal with EU is a big win for Rishi: But will it work?

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“O Bachchoo the poets insist That Koyalls and nightingales sing Do they suffer from acoustic twist? Here they are: BoJo’s Northern Ireland Protocol created what the Protestant Democratic Unionist Party call a “border in the North Sea”. They consequently refused, while this “border” was in place, to enter the Northern Ireland Parliament at Stormont as the main Opposition party as …

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Farrukh Dhondy | Hedgie desperate to clean mess, as BoJo all out to return to No. 10
1 year, 9 months ago

Farrukh Dhondy | Hedgie desperate to clean mess, as BoJo all out to return to No. 10

Deccan Chronicle  

“O Bachchoo, why not ‘we’ instead of ‘they’ And why not ‘and’ in place of ‘or’? We share the light and darkness, night and day The present, future and what went before No shaman can deny our common fate The flock pass through the pasture’s open gate.” From The Rumbaba of Bumbaba, by Bachchoo Pity Hedgie Sunak, the Prime Minister …

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Farrukh Dhondy | Food or warmth? Tough choices on Hedgie’s watch as Christmas nears
2 years ago

Farrukh Dhondy | Food or warmth? Tough choices on Hedgie’s watch as Christmas nears

Deccan Chronicle  

“Three pairs of serrated, pointed leaves Out-stretched -- each pair a crucified, angled arm These branches of autumn shed and Earth receives Next season’s generous flowering, begging palm!” From Laments of Sweetji, by Bachchoo Christmas comes but once a year! I now know it was “another country I’ve heard of long ago” -- for which Abraham laid “upon the altar …

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Farrukh Dhondy | Of right-wing bigots, religion & (in)tolerance in today’s UK
2 years ago

Farrukh Dhondy | Of right-wing bigots, religion & (in)tolerance in today’s UK

Deccan Chronicle  

“O Bachchoo let me ask you When push comes to shove, What ultimately is the price of love? His article was headlined: “How will Rishi Sunak’s Hinduism inform his premiership?” In his erudite fashion, Samir tells us that in the Bhagvad Gita, Krishna sets out four principles of life, the second one being “artha”, which Samir says means “wealth”. I …

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Farrukh Dhondy | Are days already numbered for Hedgie Sunak? Third cheer soon
2 years, 1 month ago

Farrukh Dhondy | Are days already numbered for Hedgie Sunak? Third cheer soon

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“Beauty is in the mind of the beholder The eye has no capacity to judge Pride doesn’t seem to precede a fall That fall always needs a decisive nudge…” From Isthri ki Histhri, by Bachchoo There was understandable rejoicing in Punjab when Hedgie Sunak was nominated by his Tory party to be Britain’s current Prime Minister. Was there rejoicing in …

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Farrukh Dhondy | At last! Hedgie enters No. 10… How long will the party last?
2 years, 1 month ago

Farrukh Dhondy | At last! Hedgie enters No. 10… How long will the party last?

Deccan Chronicle  

“Now the trees are shedding leaves It happens year after year The earth awaits, the winds are thieves Stealing this arboreal fur… “O Bachchoo, don’t be silly now These are merely autumnal seasons We’ll never know the why or how Though nature has renewing reasons…” From Much Urdu About Nothing, by Bachchoo And it came to pass, that Brutus was …

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With just 2 left in Tories’ PM race... Can Brutus be crowned Ceasar?
2 years, 5 months ago

With just 2 left in Tories’ PM race... Can Brutus be crowned Ceasar?

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“O Bachchoo let temptation compel To wine and waste; you already know well There is no forgiveness for human want — And that you have a reserved place in hell!” — From Egg-Plant Bertha, by Bachchoo Welcome, gentle reader, in this global heatwave to the yawn-fest of democracy. They will decide between Rishi “Hedgie” Sunak and Liz “doesn’t even really …

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Farrukh Dhondy | If Conservatives pick ‘ethnic’ PM, will racism in Britain be less?
2 years, 5 months ago

Farrukh Dhondy | If Conservatives pick ‘ethnic’ PM, will racism in Britain be less?

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“Oh Bachchoo, the hidden, the unseen Can cause so much pain — The absence of a lover The truth left unsaid The past we can’t recover — The fleas in the bed.” — From Kaley Koo Aagey Dhaklo, by Bachchoo Marvel at this statistic, gentle reader: Of the eight candidates standing to be leaders of the Conservative Party and consequently …

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Farrukh Dhondy | Hedgie, Javid were boulders that broke the camel’s back…
2 years, 5 months ago

Farrukh Dhondy | Hedgie, Javid were boulders that broke the camel’s back…

Deccan Chronicle  

“Why is virtue always compared To the straight and narrow path? Or even as Sir Keir Starmer, the leader of the Labour Party, said: “The sinking ship is finally abandoning the rat.” He was referring unkindly but justifiably to Prime Minister Boris Johnson and -- with perhaps a twinkle of wishfulness -- to the Tory Cabinet, government and party as …

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Farrukh Dhondy | Troubles piling up for Hedgie: ‘Non-dom’ wife, Partygate fine…
2 years, 8 months ago

Farrukh Dhondy | Troubles piling up for Hedgie: ‘Non-dom’ wife, Partygate fine…

Deccan Chronicle  

“Bachchoo, last night you dreamt of crows They don’t belong in verses They are creatures of prose: As the sun went down they took flight Their cries to me were croaking curses In thick flocks they formed the night Then implausibly they turned And were harnessed to black hearses.” From Gul Pey Laath, Tamboo Mey Ghubraaht, by Bachchoo I have …

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