Iran talks & the language of diplomacy: Rumi-speak from the State Department
by Rashmee
Posted on March 31, 2015
As the Iran negotiations continued and media outlets started to run out of things to …
Read MoreFood porn or that teasing, tastebud-tingling path to presumed delicious
by Rashmee
Posted on March 30, 2015
The path to delicious can leave a bad taste – or suggest that something will …
Read MorePaul Theroux and the Gujarati chemist in a ghost town in the American South
by Rashmee
Posted on March 29, 2015
It’s probably entirely unsurprising that Paul Theroux found a Gujarati chemist in Allendale, the decrepit …
Read MorePaul Theroux in America’s Deep South: An Ibn Batuta for the 21st cent
by Rashmee
Posted on March 28, 2015
Paul Theroux’s magnificent Smithsonian essay on America’s Deep South, 50 years after the civil rights …
Read MoreNew digital information age has set us back 500 yrs, to town square rumour
by Rashmee
Posted on March 27, 2015
In October 2013, Katherine Viner, who’s been appointed The Guardian’s new chief editor, described the …
Read MoreAshraf Ghani is the right man for a difficult job
by Rashmee
Posted on March 26, 2015 / The National
When Ashraf Ghani ends his first official trip to Washington as president of Afghanistan today, …
Read MoreAmerica’s ambassadors reflect the country? Yes, that fund-raising pays off
by Rashmee
Posted on March 25, 2015
America’s ambassadors reflect the place they come from. In the sense that the US takes …
Read MoreAs in pre-Surge days, Petraeus thinks Iraq is ‘hard but not hopeless’
by Rashmee
Posted on March 24, 2015
General Petraeus still believes that the situation in Iraq is “hard but not hopeless”. It’s …
Read MoreMonica Lewinsky and the killing price of shame: No real job or home or niche?
by Rashmee
Posted on March 23, 2015
How would the story of the White House intern, Bill Clinton and the stained blue …
Read MoreMark Twain & Miss Lou underline that other point of view about Chetan Bhagat
by Rashmee
Posted on March 22, 2015
Harshit Agarwal @Harshit248 tweeted in response to yesterday’s blog: “Are you saying that chetan …
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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