Don’t expect the world to become more equal – wealth differences will rise
by Rashmee
Posted on September 30, 2015
On Friday, a grand gathering of world leaders (also called the UN general assembly) formally …
Read MoreRushdie’s familiar new Scheherazade moment: the story vs its subduer
by Rashmee
Posted on September 29, 2015
Does Sir Salman wish he were half-jinn? Is Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights…
Read MoreGeorge Soros’s big idea on the refugee crisis isn’t half bad. Here’s why
by Rashmee
Posted on September 28, 2015
George Soros, the Hungarian-born hedge fund manager and liberal philanthropist, has just offered a five-point …
Read MoreIs it really true that Mecca is the biggest pedestrian problem in the world?
by Rashmee
Posted on September 27, 2015
That’s what Dirk Helbing, a German academic who studies crowds and panic, said about the …
Read MoreWomen may have an Equality Day but being equal is still an aspiration
by Rashmee
Posted on September 26, 2015
America marked women’s equality day exactly a month ago. Not women’s day, please note, but …
Read MoreSyria showcases effect of climate change
by Rashmee
Posted on September 25, 2015 / The Arab Weekly
Can it really happen? Will Middle East and Sahel, band of farmland just south of …
Read MorePotholes remain in Nepal’s road to a new constitution
by Rashmee
Posted on September 24, 2015 / The National
Nepal, the oldest nation-state in South Asia, now has the region’s youngest constitution, one that’s …
Read MoreThe farm to fork chain: How to feed the world in three crucial steps
by Rashmee
Posted on September 23, 2015
Time was when the world shook its head over lakes of milk and mountains of …
Read MoreWhy blame Egypt, Tunisia, India and other poor countries for world hunger?
by Rashmee
Posted on September 22, 2015
Mostly because food waste is about more than taking only what you will eat, finishing …
Read MoreKosovo, East Timor hybrid courts show they’re not right for Sri Lanka
by Rashmee
Posted on September 21, 2015
The UN’s long-awaited report on Sri Lanka’s violent history and wartime abuse has recommended 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