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 …

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Are 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 …

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Americans 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 …

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Don’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 …

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Coronation 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 …

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The 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 …

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Coronation countdown

by Rashmee

Posted on April 29, 2023


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The 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 …

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How 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 …

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Racism 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