Light starts to dim on the oldie goldies’ era of American politics
by Rashmee
Posted on January 8, 2023
The election of 57-year-old Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the US House of Representatives returns …
Read MoreBritain’s failing ARC, the Aid and Reconstruction Complex
by Rashmee
Posted on November 27, 2022
The other day I came across an interesting statistic. Britain, it seems, missed the September …
Read MoreLiz Truss’s government spews hate about everyone, including tofu-eating people like me
by Rashmee
Posted on October 19, 2022
Now that a climate action group, Just Stop Oil, has been making headlines by blocking …
Read MoreClimate action is now officially on India’s mind
by Rashmee
Posted on September 2, 2022
Parts of New Delhi bear graffiti that’s clearly officially approved. “Net zero,” it reads, a …
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 MoreNature and Ukraine make Davos very far from business as usual
by Rashmee
Posted on May 24, 2022
Journalists have been reporting the usual sorts of things back from Davos: ** that …
Read MoreUkraine has spurred companies to walk the ESG talk…mostly
by Rashmee
Posted on March 3, 2022
Ukraine has spurred companies to walk the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) talk. The news …
Read MoreGen Z and the business of being woke
by Rashmee
Posted on February 19, 2022 / open Democracy
Genuine corporate activism can pay off, but consumers can smell woke-washing – from mayo with …
Read MoreWhere in the modern world is waste being repurposed to build?
by Rashmee
Posted on December 4, 2021
It’s interesting to consider the way in which that particular breed of person, the innovation …
Read MoreJournalists are comically attached to linear narratives even when trying to wake up in 2041
by Rashmee
Posted on November 29, 2021
Journalism is a very different profession from writing fiction (as I have learnt, slowly, painfully, …
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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