What’s wrong with Amazon’s rule that writers be paid by readability?
by Rashmee
Posted on June 30, 2015
Why is everyone bemoaning the fact that writers will have to do a better job …
Read MoreHulu streams ‘Seinfeld’ to the world but which bits speak Noo Yawk?
by Rashmee
Posted on June 29, 2015
Now that ‘Seinfeld’ has finally arrived at a streaming service (on Hulu not Netflix), spare …
Read More@GardinerHarris and New Delhi’s perilous, polluted nose cone situation
by Rashmee
Posted on June 28, 2015
It was a bit of a coincidence to hear Gardiner Harris on the radio while …
Read More#BobbyJindalisSoWhite He’s a coconut, brown on the outside & pale within
by Rashmee
Posted on June 27, 2015
Bobby Jindal is such a brainy man, you have to wonder why he says and …
Read MoreListen up, there’s a reason there was a film called ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’
by Rashmee
Posted on June 26, 2015
Language can be used to abuse reality. Or to disabuse people of the reality of …
Read MoreSyria needs a museum in exile … and quickly
by Rashmee
Posted on June 25, 2015 / The National
Those who fear a cultural disaster in Syria because of the landmines that ISIL is …
Read MoreTaylor Swift’s words weren’t key; just the way that Apple heard them
by Rashmee
Posted on June 24, 2015
Everyone is saying that Apple was quick to hear Taylor Swift’s complaint about the injustice …
Read MoreUnknown knowns: The phrase post-9/11 decade only just became real and true
by Rashmee
Posted on June 23, 2015
Journalists use the phrase post-9/11 decade pretty glibly but one has to wonder if it …
Read MoreKnown knowns: A Greek exit would endanger the whole euro project
by Rashmee
Posted on June 22, 2015
As the European Union gets into an emergency huddle today, the language of the threat …
Read MoreUnknown unknowns: What if Greece fell off the map and into Hellas?
by Rashmee
Posted on June 21, 2015
Ahead of Monday’s emergency European Union summit on Greece and its tangled affairs, here’s a …
Read MoreRashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK