An agonised Syrian pleads for Russia to be punished by taking World Cup away
by Rashmee
Posted on April 10, 2018
To no one’s surprise, the so-called “international community” has done neither of the two things …
Read MorePeople power seeks to protect two very dissimilar heroes in Brazil, Bollywood
by Rashmee
Posted on April 9, 2018
At the weekend, two lots of people on two continents sought to keep their heroes …
Read MoreThe sultan and the tsar: A modern fairy tale from Ankara
by Rashmee
Posted on April 8, 2018 / The Arab Weekly
Once upon a time in Ankara, the sultan of Turkey and the tsar of Russia …
Read MoreIndian legal migrants should still be able to work; their children need a DACA deal
by Rashmee
Posted on April 7, 2018
Why the Trump administration would prevent spouses of H-1B visa-holders from working is not hard …
Read MoreThe BBC doesn’t consider more murders in #London to be a problem
by Rashmee
Posted on April 6, 2018
Police forces can do little about rising murder rates, I heard the BBC’s Home editor …
Read MoreRussian response to Skripal affair is a very literary, bookworm’s blamefest
by Rashmee
Posted on April 5, 2018
In the aftermath of the Skripals’ poisoning, if there’s anything the Russians have made clear …
Read MoreRex Tillerson has been all but digitally scrubbed from US State Department
by Rashmee
Posted on April 4, 2018
Take a look at the US State Department’s website and you wouldn’t know that …
Read MoreBoth East and West are tilting towards strongmen rulers in a ‘democratic rollback’
by Rashmee
Posted on April 3, 2018 / The National
Now that Xi Jingping is constitutionally allowed to remain China’s president for life, he …
Read MoreDid Andrew Morton just knife Meghan Markle, she who can smize with elan?
by Rashmee
Posted on April 2, 2018
“She wants to be Princess Diana 2.0.” That quote from Meghan Markle’s childhood friend Ninaki …
Read MoreFrench murderous rampage not much different from US school shootings
by Rashmee
Posted on April 1, 2018 / The Arab Weekly
The rampage by Moroccan-born French national Redouane Lakdim in Carcassonne, France, is being called 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