Tunisian election symbolizes ideology that isn’t an ism, as in jihadism
by Rashmee
Posted on October 31, 2014
Expect Tunisia to drop off news bulletins, at least till November 23, when it returns …
Read MoreFrom Putin’s Russia with love: A dedicated TV channel for the UK
by Rashmee
Posted on October 30, 2014
RT UK launches today in a sign that Vladimir Putin’s Russia is determined to take …
Read MoreCould a Scheherazade strategy deliver James Cantlie from certain death?
by Rashmee
Posted on October 29, 2014
Islamic State’s latest video utilizes the key competencies (journalism, news, the English language) of …
Read MoreTunisia’s missing election, or the news story that was barely there
by Rashmee
Posted on October 28, 2014
On Sunday, October 26, the BBC World Service started the day – and its news …
Read MoreNamaste Haiti: Going out for an Indian ‘via the Far East’ in Port au Prince
by Rashmee
Posted on October 27, 2014
The ‘Namaste Haiti Indian Night delight’ offered every Thursday by the Best Western Premier hotel …
Read MoreAs he bows out, William Burns doesn’t address lessons of Herat
by Rashmee
Posted on October 26, 2014
In his wise reflections on 33 years in the diplomacy business, US Deputy Secretary of …
Read MoreUS in Herat: Honeyed words can’t mask Afghanistan’s hard reality
by Rashmee
Posted on October 25, 2014
By now the US Consulate in Herat, Afghanistan, will have moved from its plush, five-star …
Read MoreManglish. Hinglish. Singlish. Ninglish. In praise of English Language Day
by Rashmee
Posted on October 24, 2014
It’s fair to say that the UK’s English Language Day, eleven days ago now (October …
Read MoreSweeping structural change to British architects’ design of their lives
by Rashmee
Posted on October 23, 2014
Here’s the structural change an architect must fear the most: the increasing popularity of prefab …
Read MoreAlan Dershowitz and the Oscar Pistorius sentence: Justice vs judgement
by Rashmee
Posted on October 22, 2014
Alan Dershowitz is often called the world’s most famous criminal lawyer. After the sentencing of …
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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