Who owns the land? The real issue in housing Haiti’s homeless
by Rashmee
Posted on February 6, 2013
Housing Haiti’s homeless goes much beyond the issue of who can build better, faster, cheaper…
Read MoreFrom India with love: ‘Nano’ houses for Haiti
by Rashmee
Posted on February 5, 2013
Here’s a sunny, unreported addition to the well-worn but well worth repeating story about Haiti’s …
Read MoreJacmel carnival – fools become wise, kings become beggars, opposites mingle
by Rashmee
Posted on February 4, 2013
All is colour, chaos, exuberance, ecstasy. As they say, the carnival overturns social hierarchies and …
Read MoreHousekeeping lessons in Haitian Creole – Part I
by Rashmee
Posted on February 2, 2013
I wish it were possible to follow the Erma Bombeck school of housework, namely to …
Read MoreChispa or Latin wit can’t disguise conundrum of anti-US body
by Rashmee
Posted on January 31, 2013
A stiff, if substantial ‘family’ photo of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean (CELAC) …
Read MoreDrones and UN peacekeeping?
by Rashmee
Posted on January 16, 2013
The excellent Baobab offers prescient insight into the way things might change in the United …
Read MoreThe Pocahontas Principle of off-the-grid living
by Rashmee
Posted on December 11, 2012
Slate has kicked off its brand new photo blog (called Behold) with a look …
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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