Trump eviscerates G7 - and America’s leadership
by Rashmee
Posted on May 31, 2020 / The Focus
Donald Trump wants to turn the G7 group of advanced economies into the ‘G10 or …
Read MoreNever waste a good crisis – especially when it comes to green energy
by Rashmee
Posted on May 30, 2020 / The Focus
On 26 May, French president Emmanuel Macron launched an €8 billion plan to rescue the …
Read MoreNow, the astronaut wife is an astronaut too
by Rashmee
Posted on May 29, 2020 / The Focus
The SpaceX launch – the first since 2011 to take NASA astronauts into space from …
Read MoreIsn’t it premature, this attempt to capture how we dealt with the pandemic?
by Rashmee
Posted on May 28, 2020
The New York Times reports that several museums across the United States “have begun recording …
Read MoreSpaceX launch: Beacon or bad omen?
by Rashmee
Posted on May 27, 2020 / The Focus
NASA’s first manned flight since 2011 is being advertised as America’s hopeful return to space, …
Read MoreQatar’s 2017 airlift of cows in the context of the coronavirus-induced backlash against globalisation
by Rashmee
Posted on May 26, 2020
When analysts write about a coronavirus-induced backlash against globalisation and its sprawling supply chains, I …
Read MoreEid under lockdown: Art for the interminable now, the pandemic era
by Rashmee
Posted on May 25, 2020
The painting made its way around the locked-down world’s usual, no-touch channels of communication. There …
Read MoreRecipe for restaurant survival in a pandemic
by Rashmee
Posted on May 24, 2020
Tony Cecchini, who owns two bar-restaurants in Brooklyn, NY (and is incidentally credited with having …
Read MoreLessons from the sub-Saharan past on how to deal with pandemics
by Rashmee
Posted on May 23, 2020
Ever wondered how humans in Africa hundreds of years ago protected themselves from pandemics? The …
Read MoreBaklava, frites, wine, cannabis, guns. The pandemic classified them as essentials but they’re indulgences
by Rashmee
Posted on May 22, 2020
In Turkey, baklava-makers were deemed essential workers during the coronavirus lockdown because Turks like to …
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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