Farrukh Dhondy

thumb|Farrukh Dhondy in 2018 Farrukh Dhondy (born 1944) is an Indian-born British writer, playwright, screenwriter and left-wing activist. Quotes Naipaul is essentially a writer of discovery. He tries on occasion to look into the past through the evidence of the present. That's what he did in writing about the ruins of Vijayanagar in India: A Wounded Civilisation. He is not a professional historian, but his insights and perspectives on Indian history are unique and as startling in their accuracy as the observations of his travel. "Does Willy Get It Wilfully Wrong?", Outlook India (28 April 2004) "Willy" is historian William Dalrymple. External links Category:1944 births Category:Living people Category:People from India Category:Authors from the United Kingdom Category:Playwrights from the United Kingdom Category:Screenwriters from the United Kingdom Category:Political activists Category:University of Cambridge alumni Category:Activists from the United Kingdom