Diversity and Anglosphere: Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman run a familiar show
by Rashmee
Posted on March 14, 2023
One day in the life of a country can be both revealing and dispiriting – …
Read MoreIndia too, like the US, makes distastefully pragmatic policy choices
by Rashmee
Posted on March 1, 2023
Western politicians can often be pretty tone deaf about the oil price compulsions that guide …
Read MoreHope: A story of Ukrainian jugaad on war’s first anniversary
by Rashmee
Posted on February 26, 2023
In some respects, journalist and Volodymr Zelensky’s former political advisor Iuliia Mendel could be said …
Read MoreThe logic of ‘Brides of India’ tourism tat
by Rashmee
Posted on January 29, 2023
More than a decade ago, Patrick Barkham singled out tacky holiday souvenirs from India at …
Read MoreOn his 75th death anniversary, the Mahatma as a marketing tool
by Rashmee
Posted on January 28, 2023
At month’s end, it will be 75 years since Mahatma Gandhi was murdered by Nathuram …
Read MoreIndia, Italy, Saudi, Colombia, Ethiopia haven’t had a US ambassador for a year or more
by Rashmee
Posted on January 27, 2023
Shashi Tharoor, an Indian politician and former United Nations diplomat, recently fulminated on the Biden …
Read MoreMission Impossible for India’s new Bond-style film to reset the country’s political plot?
by Rashmee
Posted on January 25, 2023
From January 25, India and much of the world gets to see Shah Rukh Khan’s …
Read MoreThe egg-spensive scramble and what it says about our interconnected world
by Rashmee
Posted on January 24, 2023
The global scramble for eggs is getting egg-spensive. Malaysia was suffering an acute shortage of …
Read More‘Heard the one about the Indian farmer and the AI bot?’ Microsoft’s Nadella told the story at Davos
by Rashmee
Posted on January 23, 2023
Generative is the buzzword of the moment and so it was, both on the magic …
Read MoreWhat happened in Leicester?
by Rashmee
Posted on November 28, 2022 / The New European
A shocking outbreak of violence shows that a multicultural society is open to radical ideas …
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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