Escaping the shadow of the Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher
by Rashmee
Posted on January 20, 2022 / The New European
Would hopefuls like Liz Truss and Valérie Pécresse deliver a calmer, fresher politics in the …
Read More‘Trumpian-ness reminds us of just how vulgar democracy is, unless moderated by conventions’
by Rashmee
Posted on January 19, 2022
Harvey Mansfield, who is both politically conservative and philosophically liberal, recently offered one of the …
Read MoreHow to view the 246-year-old experiment that is democracy in America
by Rashmee
Posted on January 18, 2022
How to view democracy in America? ** A 246-year-old experiment that’s failing? ** A 246-year-old …
Read MoreSo, a-wassailing we went, and very on point we were too
by Rashmee
Posted on January 16, 2022
Our part of London has been wassailing for nearly a decade and this year– the …
Read MoreElif Shafak is right: Social media platforms are the 21st century’s Colosseum
by Rashmee
Posted on January 15, 2022
The other day I watched as someone posted a fairly anodyne comment onto a social …
Read MoreBen Ali’s phone calls illustrate the lesson of history: dictatorships end ignominiously
by Rashmee
Posted on January 14, 2022
With impeccable timing, the BBC has released secretly recorded phone calls between Tunisia’s former dictator…
Read MoreTrump’s alternate reality fits with a metaverse that doesn’t really exist, in a galaxy far far away
by Rashmee
Posted on January 13, 2022
Listen to the full broadcast of NPR’s January 11 interview with Donald Trump and you …
Read MoreVaccine apartheid is the wrong term
by Rashmee
Posted on January 12, 2022
Vaccine sceptics sometimes label government policies that bar the unvaccinated from restaurants and public buildings …
Read MoreA thousand-and-one uses for a bricked Blackberry?
by Rashmee
Posted on January 11, 2022
Journalists generally gets a stream of useless press releases, which aren’t even redeemed by humour …
Read MorePandemic to endemic?
by Rashmee
Posted on January 10, 2022
Will Britain become “one of the first major economies to demonstrate to the world how …
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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