London’s ‘brassy summer’ is like a Pritchett short story
by Rashmee
Posted on June 16, 2022
These last few days of British weather reminded me of V S Pritchett, the prolific …
Read MoreGoogle’s LaMDA vs Ishiguro’s Klara
by Rashmee
Posted on June 15, 2022
What’s the difference between LaMDA and Klara? The first, an acronym for language model for …
Read MoreLift-off for Britain’s Rwanda outsourcing plan? Don’t bet on it
by Rashmee
Posted on June 14, 2022
It’s been two months since Britain struck a deal with Rwanda to send asylum-seekers on …
Read MoreParis emphatically did not have politics on its mind
by Rashmee
Posted on June 13, 2022
On election day in Paris, there was little sign that people had politics on their …
Read MoreEnforced ways to neither ‘phub’ nor be ‘phubbed’
by Rashmee
Posted on June 12, 2022
A new Baylor University study on what too much screen time can do to us …
Read MoreIf this blog is ever late…it’ll be because I’m managing my screen time
by Rashmee
Posted on June 11, 2022
So here’s the perfect excuse for the next time you miss a deadline of any …
Read MoreFair-skinned or not, colonisation is a mentality
by Rashmee
Posted on June 10, 2022
What should we make of the criticism levelled by Ukrainian architect Oleg Drozdov at British …
Read MoreColonisation and decolonisation in the context of Kharkiv’s architects
by Rashmee
Posted on June 9, 2022
We’ve been discussing colonisation in the context of Ukrainian architects. Oleg Drozdov, who co-founded …
Read MoreUkraine: Norman Foster, ‘colonisation’ and rebuilding Kharkiv
by Rashmee
Posted on June 8, 2022
In my recent openDemocracy piece on decolonising the bookshelf, I paraphrased Jane Austen’s famous …
Read MoreThese facts and figures are royal treats…in a manner of speaking
by Rashmee
Posted on June 7, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II’s four-day Platinum Jubilee celebration is over, but the fun needn’t stop. Consider …
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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