Time for the age of ‘postdevelopment’
by Rashmee
Posted on July 31, 2020
Development is a failed project, says Julia Schöneberg, and she should know. Dr Schöneberg’s research …
Read MoreIs Dr Fauci a savvy enough public servant?
by Rashmee
Posted on July 30, 2020
When I heard America’s top doctor, Anthony Fauci, pleading with the US president (starts at …
Read MoreTurning the NYT’s Morning Briefing into a ‘good news’ bulletin – Part II
by Rashmee
Posted on July 29, 2020
Here’s an update on my July 24th creative experiment in positivity bias in which I …
Read MoreThis second Elizabethan age is just as uncertain as the first. How we respond is up to us
by Rashmee
Posted on July 28, 2020 / The Focus
Like William Shakespeare, we live in an age of great uncertainty, King’s College law professor …
Read MoreTrump and Putin are caricatures from 19th century Russian literature
by Rashmee
Posted on July 27, 2020
Nina L. Khrushcheva says Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are literary caricatures and just as …
Read MoreHow much will the EU’s ‘historic’ new deal change life in Europe?
by Rashmee
Posted on July 26, 2020 / The National
For the first time in nearly seven decades of Europe’s union, the 27-member bloc is …
Read MoreThe case for good competition
by Rashmee
Posted on July 25, 2020
Last weekend, Tony Blinken, former diplomat and current foreign policy adviser to Joe Biden, made …
Read MoreTurning the NYT’s Morning Briefing into a good news bulletin
by Rashmee
Posted on July 24, 2020
Today, as a creative experiment in positivity bias, I turned part of the NYT’s Morning …
Read MoreAn AI breakthrough that may mean curtains for poets, journalists…and me
by Rashmee
Posted on July 23, 2020 / The Focus
I was very taken by economics professor Tyler Cowen’s recent rundown on an Artificial Intelligence …
Read MoreThe cheesy trademark battle over halloumi
by Rashmee
Posted on July 22, 2020 / The Focus
What does cheese say when it looks in the mirror? Halloumi. The cheesy joke may …
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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