Did you know Iran has the very best brains on artificial intelligence? Google it

by Rashmee

Posted on November 10, 2017


On November 1, Google basically questioned the intelligence of anyone who wants to ban artificial …

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Does the clue to Priti Patel’s extraordinary actions on Israel lie in her surname?

by Rashmee

Posted on November 9, 2017


A day before the forced resignation – sacking by another name – of Priti Patel, …

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India may be open for business, but the hurdles are as high as ever

by Rashmee

Posted on November 8, 2017 / The National


Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, was already over for this year when the World …

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#Paradise Papers Did you believe BBC World Service guff that British Queen wasn’t avoiding tax?

by Rashmee

Posted on November 7, 2017


Ever since the leak of the Paradise Papers, the BBC has been dutifully parroting the …

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Trump’s re-branded ‘Indo-Pacific’ region is not a new idea. But can it fly?

by Rashmee

Posted on November 6, 2017


Is Donald Trump an unsuspected Asia-phile? He has certainly set off on what will be …

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The ugly twinning of terrorist threat and Trump’s response

by Rashmee

Posted on November 5, 2017 / The Arab Weekly


The terrorist threat to the United States and US President Donald Trump’s response to it …

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A camel fair in India. A Mexican island. Japanese ramen. The exotic & ethnic sells

by Rashmee

Posted on November 4, 2017


On Saturday, November 4, the Pushkar Camel Fair ended, probably to the great regret of …

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Are we in the throes of a great re-balancing of gender & sexual rights? No. Here’s why

by Rashmee

Posted on November 3, 2017


Thursday, November 2, was the morning after UK defence secretary Michael Fallon resigned. It was …

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Inside draft-dodger Trump may be a wannabe general struggling to get out

by Rashmee

Posted on November 2, 2017


If Donald Trump were in almost any other country but America, a year into his …

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I’m colluding with Russia. The farce to which American politics is reduced

by Rashmee

Posted on November 1, 2017


I write at a desk on which stands a Matryoshka doll. By the US president’s …

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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