Language and the lawn: Don’t ban it; make it seriously un-cool
by Rashmee
Posted on June 1, 2015
Language can accomplish things that the law cannot. Accordingly, consider this. Lawns don’t deserve to …
Read MoreUnknown knowns: Is it good that the language of science is English?
by Rashmee
Posted on May 26, 2015
Michael D Gordin, a historian of modern science at Princeton has a great piece …
Read MoreKnown unknowns: Lablabi, the soup-stew that sounds like it tastes
by Rashmee
Posted on May 22, 2015
When I heard about Lablabi, the Tunisian chickpea and bread soupy stew, it seemed one …
Read MoreUnknown knowns: Euphemism & China’s thought controllers?
by Rashmee
Posted on May 19, 2015
China calls its internet police “public opinion analysts”. You’ve got to love it – this …
Read MoreUnknown knowns: Doesn’t trust deficit just mean dishonest?
by Rashmee
Posted on May 16, 2015
Is Hillary Clinton honest enough to be president? The Washington Post posed the question in …
Read MoreUnknown knowns: Is Indian racism only about the ‘habshi’ word?
by Rashmee
Posted on May 11, 2015
Reshmi Dasgupta, my former colleague from the Times’ group of newspapers, recently wrote an interesting …
Read MoreUnknown knowns: The lack of clarity on Grexit and eurozone policy
by Rashmee
Posted on May 10, 2015
The language of common sense is not about whether you speak English or French. This …
Read MoreUnknown knowns: Rishi Sunak, MP, & Richmond’s many words for ‘racism’
by Rashmee
Posted on May 9, 2015
Somewhat unnoticed in the hubbub of the British election, has been the Conservative Party’s sincere …
Read MoreUnknown knowns: Bloomberg’s Cameron vote had many dying metaphors
by Rashmee
Posted on May 8, 2015
One day after the British election and I can’t help but recall Michael Bloomberg’s championship …
Read MoreUnknown knowns: UKIP’s Nigel Farage ‘confidence & supply’ a con?
by Rashmee
Posted on May 6, 2015
One day to the British election and here’s a simply marvelous (and what’s more, new) …
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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