The G20 meets, a shadow of itself, the smell of death upon it
by Rashmee
Posted on November 30, 2018
Today (Friday, November 30), the G20 summit convenes, 10 years after its debut as a …
Read MoreIs social media getting too much blame when things go wrong?
by Rashmee
Posted on November 29, 2018
Elections. The Arab Spring. Racism. Populism. Rumours, vile as they come. Hatred towards ‘the other’.…
Read MoreMissionary John Chau’s death shows that colonialist ideas of indigenous peoples are still with us
by Rashmee
Posted on November 28, 2018 / The National
There are startling echoes of Somerset Maugham’s 1921 short story “Rain” in the recent death …
Read MoreBrexit: Indian businesses must face facts to survive shift in UK policies, take timeout from Commonwealth fantasy league
by Rashmee
Posted on November 27, 2018 / First Post
In the 29 months since the UK narrowly voted to leave the European Union, there …
Read MoreChina’s Karachi consulate was attacked. The grim price of being consequential??
by Rashmee
Posted on November 26, 2018
To my mind, the armed attack of November 23 on the Chinese consulate in Karachi, …
Read MoreWhy Saudi rhetorical support for Palestinians matters
by Rashmee
Posted on November 25, 2018 / The Arab Weekly
What should we make of Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud’s reiteration of the …
Read MoreYou heard it here first. Donald Trump is really quite a boring man
by Rashmee
Posted on November 24, 2018
Donald Trump is really quite a boring man. I say this despite informed analyses of …
Read MoreThe Brexit dividend? Strife & disharmony as past conflicts are re-fought
by Rashmee
Posted on November 23, 2018
Gibraltar. Who would’ve thought that an 18th century war could be re-fought in the 21st …
Read MoreWhy Thanksgiving stories just have to be about turkey
by Rashmee
Posted on November 22, 2018
Ever noticed how Thanksgiving stories – the funny ones, and those about failure and fortitude …
Read MoreWhy Delhi-dwellers are breathing in the equivalent of 40 cigarettes a day
by Rashmee
Posted on November 21, 2018 / The National
It’s not quite Dickens but Delhi now has its own mournful dirge on the city’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