At 75, India and Pakistan look more and more like each other
by Rashmee
Posted on August 12, 2022 / open Democracy
In 75 years as independent countries, India and Pakistan have become more alike than seemed …
Read More‘Tunisia is a country trapped in a slogan’
by Rashmee
Posted on July 29, 2022 / BBC
Have a listen: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct39t8…
Read MoreWhat’s happening in Myanmar?
by Rashmee
Posted on July 27, 2022 / open Democracy
Activists fear ‘killing spree’ in Myanmar after executions On 25 July, Myanmar’s military junta put …
Read MoreCould Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksas return, like the Marcos family?
by Rashmee
Posted on July 21, 2022 / open Democracy
Could the disgraced Rajapaksas return to power, like the Marcos family has in the Philippines?…
Read MoreSri Lanka’s protesters are demanding change: here’s why
by Rashmee
Posted on July 13, 2022 / open Democracy
Sri Lanka’s president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled the country after weeks of protests. Now Sri …
Read MoreVanuatu: life in the world’s most climate-endangered country
by Rashmee
Posted on July 5, 2022 / open Democracy
The tiny island nation of Vanuatu, 1,800 kilometres east of Australia, is at the front …
Read MoreA woman of substance: the unconventional Alice de Rothschild
by Rashmee
Posted on May 19, 2022 / The New European
A French-style chateau owned by a banking heiress in the English countryside hardly seems the …
Read MoreTime running out to save Sri Lanka from economic collapse
by Rashmee
Posted on May 12, 2022 / open Democracy
Sri Lanka is in a state of chaos. Faced with the worst economic crisis of …
Read MoreWhat you need to know about Solomon Islands
by Rashmee
Posted on May 9, 2022 / open Democracy
A new world order is coming into being in Oceania, it seems, with Solomon Islands …
Read MoreNo, decolonising your bookshelf doesn’t mean getting rid of Jane Austen
by Rashmee
Posted on May 2, 2022 / openDemocracy
The headline in The Daily Telegraph was stark: “Jane Austen dropped from university’s English course …
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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