‘Sell city, buy country’? The pandemic won’t empty London, NYC
by Rashmee
Posted on May 14, 2020
Some very clever people are writing off cities. Not altogether, but quite substantially. Consider a …
Read MoreO brave new world. It’s the week it opens the door and gingerly peers out
by Rashmee
Posted on May 10, 2020
This is the week the world tries to recover its nerve even though we remain …
Read MoreWhen coughing became a tool of terror
by Rashmee
Posted on March 30, 2020
In Canberra, Australia, two men were arrested on March 28 for coughing and spitting in …
Read MoreThe Asian footprint (or perhaps that should read foodprint) is pronounced in Vancouver
by Rashmee
Posted on February 1, 2020
In most of my time in Vancouver, I ate richly and well of the foods …
Read MoreJerusalem in food, in pictures
by Rashmee
Posted on December 20, 2019
Resign yourself to it: unless you eat a falafel pitta sandwich (very good from the …
Read MoreIndia’s internet gag in Kashmir has completed 105 days
by Rashmee
Posted on November 18, 2019
India’s internet gag completed 105 days on Sunday, November 17. The Wire’s Mudasir Ahmed reported…
Read MoreDonna Leon’s ‘Acqua Alta’ paints a pretty good picture of high waters in Venice
by Rashmee
Posted on November 13, 2019
I was at work today when I read about Venice under water, its walkable streets …
Read MoreThe UK’s general election is the most unpredictable in a generation
by Rashmee
Posted on October 31, 2019 / Quartz
Britain will vote on December 12, the first election in that month since 1923, the …
Read MoreHong Kong, Paris and Santiago are relatively rich but restive. A development economist explains why
by Rashmee
Posted on October 30, 2019
I’m rivetted by Jeffrey Sachs’ analysis of why rich cities rebel. Paris, Hong Kong and …
Read MoreTo beat climate change, cities would have to shrink to the size of ancient Rome
by Rashmee
Posted on August 30, 2019
Greta Thunberg, the Swedish schoolgirl climate activist, took a yacht across the Atlantic rather than …
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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