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 …

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Hulu 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 …

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@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 …

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#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 …

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Listen 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 …

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Syria 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 …

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Taylor 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 …

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Unknown 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 …

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Known 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 …

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Unknown 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 …

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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