The farm to fork chain: How to feed the world in three crucial steps

by Rashmee

Posted on September 23, 2015


Time was when the world shook its head over lakes of milk and mountains of …

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Why Jim Rogers matters to Modi’s hope of building the very Taj Mahal of business

by Rashmee

Posted on September 15, 2015


As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads for a heart-to-heart with Mark Zuckerberg, what about …

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Should Germany be Hoovering up all of Adolf Hitler’s art…for the state?

by Rashmee

Posted on July 11, 2015


Yes, there’s a market in them anyway. Supply and demand is driven by the curious, …

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The Brics bank comes into being. A powerful statement, that’s all

by Rashmee

Posted on July 8, 2015


The Brics countries – Brazil, Russia, India, India, China, and South Africa – will formally …

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@GardinerHarris and New Delhi’s perilous, polluted nose cone situation

by Rashmee

Posted on June 28, 2015


It was a bit of a coincidence to hear Gardiner Harris on the radio while …

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Unknown knowns: Euphemism & China’s thought controllers?

by Rashmee

Posted on May 19, 2015


China calls its internet police “public opinion analysts”. You’ve got to love it – this …

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Known unknowns: Singapore PM’s hard sell, soft language on grunt jobs

by Rashmee

Posted on May 12, 2015


Even if it’s Singapore, where the government runs a tight ship, it can be a …

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What’s the price of a grenade vs a coke in the Central African Republic?

by Rashmee

Posted on April 22, 2015


It was a piece on endonyms, a country’s own name for itself (in its own …

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The American century is not really over, a Chinese one has not really begun

by Rashmee

Posted on April 21, 2015


The American century is not really over and a Chinese one has not really …

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#PiDay Life of Pi, but this one is absolutely not what you think it is

by Rashmee

Posted on March 16, 2015


March 14 was Pi Day. Literally. It happens just once every hundred years.  Why? Because …

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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