One-third of Pompeii is yet to be excavated. What more might it yield?
by Rashmee
Posted on February 28, 2021
/ TRAVELS IN MY MIND Another exciting archaeological find has been reported from Pompeii, the …
Read MoreGeorge Shultz and the essential Dutch art of doing nothing
by Rashmee
Posted on February 27, 2021
/ FAITH, HOPE… By pure coincidence, I received an email from Blackwell’s, the legendary 19th …
Read MoreHow many Ether for that NFT? Speaking in tongues about art and craft
by Rashmee
Posted on February 26, 2021
/ LANGUAGE How many Ether for that NFT? In plain English, that’s a question about …
Read MoreHow about a ‘Grand Norman SUV’, a ‘Varangian hatchback’, or a ‘Jutes saloon’?
by Rashmee
Posted on February 25, 2021
/IT’S THE BUSINESS Imagine a ‘Jeep Celtic’ or a ‘Grand Norman SUV’. Not easy to …
Read MoreYou gotta love behavioural economists for their insights into confidence and decision-making
by Rashmee
Posted on February 24, 2021
/ TAKE UP ONE IDEA You’ve got to love behavioural economists. No, really. They liberate …
Read MoreWhy it matters that American farmers are making common cause with India’s
by Rashmee
Posted on February 23, 2021
/ POLITICS & AMERICA I find it interesting that 87 farmers’ unions in the United …
Read MoreVaccination success may be a shot in the arm for Britain in another key way
by Rashmee
Posted on February 22, 2021
/ BLIMEY BLIGHTY Simon Kuper wrote an important piece in the Financial Times (paywall) the …
Read MoreIn Texas, 1870, Tom Hanks’ character reads The Times of India. About right
by Rashmee
Posted on February 21, 2021
/ TRAVELS IN MY MIND The opening scene of ‘News of the World’, the new …
Read MoreA ‘can’t do spirit’ might be America’s biggest problem
by Rashmee
Posted on February 20, 2021
/FAITH, HOPE… Change readiness is a survival skill, a core competence, for countries as …
Read MoreBill Gates has gone from 0 to 100 on climate change and it shows in the words he uses
by Rashmee
Posted on February 19, 2021
/ LANGUAGE Me too. Like Connie Hedegaard, I too thought Bill Gates was supremely uninterested …
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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