What does Danish pastry have to do with Finlandisation?
by Rashmee
Posted on February 10, 2022
If you go to Denmark, don’t ask for Danish pastry. If you go to India, …
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, …
Read MoreThe Impressionist painter and her husband
by Rashmee
Posted on June 13, 2021
/ TRAVELS IN MY MIND Until recently, I knew almost nothing about Berthe Morisot. The …
Read MoreThe pandemic and the clothes on our backs
by Rashmee
Posted on May 6, 2021
/IT’S THE BUSINESS What are you wearing as you read this and how long do …
Read MoreWhy isn’t Switzerland a more equal country?
by Rashmee
Posted on March 4, 2021
/IT’S THE BUSINESS Here’s a conundrum: Why isn’t Switzerland progressively closing its wealth gap? The …
Read MoreGeorge Shultz and the essential Dutch art of doing nothing
by Rashmee
Posted on February 27, 2021
/ FAITH, HOPE… By pure coincidence, I received an email from Blackwell’s, the legendary 19th …
Read MoreIs that a nargisi kofta you’re chowing down with your pint?
by Rashmee
Posted on December 17, 2020
Coronavirus restrictions in England sent sales of a humble, often unregarded pub snack soaring. Across …
Read MoreSouth Korea’s wannabe president wins support for universal basic income plan
by Rashmee
Posted on October 15, 2020
It is a platitude that the pandemic has been a game-changer. It is a banality …
Read MoreDreaming of Sitopia in Britain
by Rashmee
Posted on August 31, 2020
BBC Radio 4 has aired one of the more unusual – and inspiring – food …
Read MoreJoe & the Juice: A Danish model for a post-pandemic world?
by Rashmee
Posted on August 2, 2020
Back in October, when no one (other than epidemiologists) was worrying about a global pandemic …
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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