Not a Queenfest…the word ‘Queen’ is associated with something quite different
by Rashmee
Posted on June 1, 2022
Republican-minded people (such as 26 per cent of Canadians) may find the next four days …
Read MoreWhat you need to know about Solomon Islands
by Rashmee
Posted on May 9, 2022 / open Democracy
A new world order is coming into being in Oceania, it seems, with Solomon Islands …
Read MoreBritain’s local elections have national significance
by Rashmee
Posted on May 3, 2022
Fresh from helping organise a local elections hustings in my electoral ward, I can attest …
Read MoreCOVID victims: In death as in life, the poor remain unseen
by Rashmee
Posted on March 27, 2022 / open Democracy
After two years of COVID and a global death toll of more than six million, …
Read MorePalestine and the two types of nationalism
by Rashmee
Posted on March 23, 2022
In his 2013 paper titled ‘Palestinian Nationalism: An Overview’, Haifa university Professor As’ad …
Read MoreMarina Lewycka on the ambiguities of being Ukrainian
by Rashmee
Posted on March 19, 2022
On her website, British Ukrainian novelist Marina Lewycka offers some observations on eastern Ukraine, …
Read MoreA novel on tractors in Ukrainian is about anything but
by Rashmee
Posted on March 18, 2022
Marina Lewycka’s 2005 debut novel, ‘A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian’, was generally well-received …
Read MoreWhat links the UK’s DIY-asylum system and that novel about ‘tractors in Ukrainian’?
by Rashmee
Posted on March 17, 2022
More than 100,000 potential refugee sponsors have signed up for the voluntary job since Britain …
Read MoreBritain’s DIY-asylum for Ukrainian refugees has potential…and perils
by Rashmee
Posted on March 16, 2022
It was Keir Starmer’s Labour Party that called out the British government’s efforts on Ukrainian …
Read MoreWhy parse world’s reaction? To get the truth, not what you wish were the truth
by Rashmee
Posted on March 14, 2022
On the very day that Ethiopia was flying the flag for Russia so to speak, …
Read MoreRashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK