Farrukh Dhondy

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Farrukh Dhondy (born 1944 in Poona, India) is a British writer and activist of Indian Parsi descent. He obtained a BSc degree from University of Poona in India before winning a scholarship to Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1964 where he read English. After graduating he studied for a Masters degree at Leicester University and was later a lecturer at the Leicester College of Further Education and a secondary school in London. A renowned writer of books, whether for children, young adults or adults, Dhondy is also a playwright, a biographer (of C.L.R. James (2001)) and a former media executive (Channel Four Commissioning Editor for Multicultural Programmes 1984-97). At this time he wrote the comedy series Tandoori Nights (1985-87) for the channel, which concerned the rivalry of two curry house owners. Farrukh Dhondy has written among his children's' stories KBW (Keep Britain White), a study of a young white boy's response to anti-Bengali racism, sometimes mistaken for an unironic title.

Books

• East End at Your Feet (short stories), Macmillan (London, England), 1976.
• Come to Mecca, and Other Stories, Collins (London, England), 1978.
• The Siege of Babylon (novel), Macmillan (London, England), 1978.
• Poona Company (short stories), Gollancz (London, England), 1980.
• Trip Trap (short stories, Faber (London, England), 1985.
• Bombay Duck (adult novel), J. Cape (London, England), 1990.
• Black Swan, Gollanz (London, England), 1992, Houghton (Boston, MA), 1993.
• Janacky and the Giant, and Other Stories, Collins (London, England), 1993.
• The Bikini Murders based on the life of Charles Shobhraj also known as The Bikini Killer,2008.

Plays

• Mama Dragon, produced in London, England, 1980.
• Trojans (adaptation of a play by Euripedes), produced in London, England, 1982.
• Kipling Sahib, produced in London, England, 1982.
• Vigilantes (produced in 1985), Hobo Press, 1988.
• King of the Ghetto (television series), British Broadcasting Company (BBC1), 1986.
• Split Wide Open (screenplay; based on the story by Dev Benegal), Adlabs/BMG Crescendo, 1999.

See also

• Guru of Sex, film project about Osho which was to star Ben Kingsley, written by Dhondy
• Red Mercury (2005)

External links

• "Our Islamic Fifth Column", City Journal

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