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 – …

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India 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 …

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Hope: 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 …

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The 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 …

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On 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 …

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India, 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 …

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Mission 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 …

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The 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 …

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‘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 …

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What 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