Right royal tamasha: New season of the Crown begins
by Rashmee
Posted on May 7, 2023 / The Times of India
LONDON: With ancient symbols and regalia, crowns and sceptres bearing contested baubles, a 2014 all-weather …
Read MoreAre Indians still obsessed with the Raj? Or was that big yawn at the coronation for real?
by Rashmee
Posted on May 6, 2023
Over on my substack Joining the Dots, my former BBC colleague Henri Astier offered …
Read MoreAmericans have an enviably healthy attitude to Britain royalty
by Rashmee
Posted on May 5, 2023
Is it the distance that comes with time – after all, America kicked the British …
Read MoreDon’t mention the coronation
by Rashmee
Posted on May 4, 2023
“Let’s drop the Charles reference,” advised the opinion editor of one of India’s largest papers …
Read MoreCoronation countdown II: Look who’s celebrating
by Rashmee
Posted on May 2, 2023
As it turns out retailers are bending the knee and doffing their cap with gay …
Read MoreThe first coronation of the social-media era
by Rashmee
Posted on April 30, 2023
In 1953, recounts an American media outlet, television was in its infancy and a crowd …
Read MoreCoronation countdown
by Rashmee
Posted on April 29, 2023
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Read MoreThe reason Ron DeSantis bangs his not very big drum on the big world stage
by Rashmee
Posted on April 28, 2023
It says something that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ended his four-nation ‘world tour’ in London …
Read MoreHow to end the Ukraine war: Talks can’t aim to solve everything, everywhere all at once
by Rashmee
Posted on April 25, 2023
Richard Haass is a professional peacenik. In the sense, that he’s an American diplomat and …
Read MoreRacism and the ugliness of Britain’s increasingly diverse politics
by Rashmee
Posted on April 13, 2023
The irony is palpable. It took a British Pakistani female politician to call out a …
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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