Hey, Indian-Americans & other US Desis, Trump’s Bannon is coming for you next

by Rashmee

Posted on January 31, 2017


Even if you’re not Muslim, you should be seriously worried about how to live in …

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Is America having its own ‘Arab Spring’, complete with its own cruel ‘regime’ ?

by Rashmee

Posted on January 30, 2017


Read this sentence: “If Trump were an African dictator or Middle Eastern despot, a friendly …

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The ‘alternative facts’ of Trump’s White House

by Rashmee

Posted on January 29, 2017 / The Arab Weekly


The row over what is and what is not true among information disseminated by Donald …

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Islam and Manuel Valls’ cultural battle for the heart and soul of France

by Rashmee

Posted on January 28, 2017


France’s Socialist Party presidential primary is tomorrow (Sunday, January 22) and it’s worth considering the …

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Justice: The only greater common good in the new world order

by Rashmee

Posted on January 27, 2017


It’s still the same it’s always been through the history of mankind – the thirst …

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Why the ‘Great Man’ theory applies to Trump

by Rashmee

Posted on January 26, 2017 / The National


We do not yet know if Donald Trump will prove to be a good president, …

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Will mattresses, iphones, Tupperware, fast fashion become too dear to buy in Trump’s America?

by Rashmee

Posted on January 25, 2017


Don’t get me wrong. I don’t regard it as the greatest hardship in the world …

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From #Davos, the Magic Mountain, no wizard offers of socialised power sharing

by Rashmee

Posted on January 24, 2017


Davos, the annual gathering of globally minded technocratic successful people, has ended and …everything is …

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Will Britain sell out the Palestinians again?

by Rashmee

Posted on January 23, 2017 / The Arab Weekly


One hundred years after a British Foreign minister sneakily, strate­gically and fatefully announced the British …

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Trump-ism & philosophy. Lessons from the 10th cent & its insistence on thinking for oneself

by Rashmee

Posted on January 22, 2017


This blog is NOT about President Donald Trump and philosophy (even though his aides had …

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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