India-Pak war of words: Allegory is allusive but it’s easy to decode

by Rashmee

Posted on September 30, 2013


Sunday’s kerfuffle about the Pakistani prime minister’s allegedly derisive remark about his Indian counterpart illustrates …

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Karma and American TV: Is it good that ‘Bad’ things are ending?

by Rashmee

Posted on September 29, 2013


I hate to confess this, but I’ve never watched ‘Breaking Bad’. Ever. (Part of the …

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In Bill Bryson Week, time to ponder master of the curveball sentence

by Rashmee

Posted on September 28, 2013


As happens every so often (roughly about once every three years) this is Bill Bryson …

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Which countries are ready for change? US is 12th, India 65, Haiti 85

by Rashmee

Posted on September 27, 2013


The paradox of KPMG’s Change Readiness Index is that it probably won’t change very much …

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Why Leyla McCalla should come to Haiti with her vari-colored kreyol folk songs

by Rashmee

Posted on September 26, 2013


Listening to Leyla McCalla on Genevieve Tudor’s Sunday Folk, I felt like she just …

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#2030NOW in #Haiti: Blueprint for a better world lies with us all

by Rashmee

Posted on September 25, 2013


Having attended part of Haiti’s first Social Good summit on Tuesday (and having tres peu …

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Apple sells 9m phones in 3 days. Change shareholders can believe in?

by Rashmee

Posted on September 24, 2013


I’m not a neo-Luddite by any means but I was a late adopter of the …

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Lessons for Haiti? Swiss army knives & a referendum on military service

by Rashmee

Posted on September 23, 2013


Haiti’s Prime Minister was recently in Europe, but not in Switzerland, else he might have …

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A toast to tonight? Can Angela Merkel complete her unfinished business?

by Rashmee

Posted on September 22, 2013


As Angela Merkel coasts to a historic third term and to becoming Europe‘s longest-serving …

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Rape is women’s fault: Peeling back layers of the Indian Onion

by Rashmee

Posted on September 21, 2013


A short video satire on India’s customary tendency to blame women for ‘provoking’ rape and …

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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK