How the world views America’s epidemic of gun violence: a chronic disease

by Rashmee

Posted on December 6, 2015


Imagine an alcoholic or a drug addict, who’s been overdosing on his/her poison, is weak …

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Britain is debating a nullity like airstrikes against Isil because it sounds good

by Rashmee

Posted on November 28, 2015


Honestly, one has to laugh. There’s the British prime minister David Cameron solemnly declaring that …

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150 years of Alice in Wonderland: nursery-surreal, elixirs, lobster quadrilles

by Rashmee

Posted on November 25, 2015


Tomorrow, November 26 is the 150th anniversary of the publication of ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’…

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Presidential debates confirm the world’s view that Americans are buffoons

by Rashmee

Posted on November 10, 2015


Today, the Republican Party’s presidential contenders have their fourth debate, in Milwaukee.  America’s presidential election …

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Is it really just a short distance from Theresa May to The Sun’s Ally Ross?

by Rashmee

Posted on October 10, 2015


To paraphrase UK prime minister David Cameron, “Britain and ‘The Sun’ are not the same …

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A measure of change: ‘Many Africans haven’t touched cash for months’

by Rashmee

Posted on October 4, 2015


The Fringe, which advertises itself as “your weekly five-minute tour of the world’s fastest …

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The farm to fork chain: How to feed the world in three crucial steps

by Rashmee

Posted on September 23, 2015


Time was when the world shook its head over lakes of milk and mountains of …

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Why blame Egypt, Tunisia, India and other poor countries for world hunger?

by Rashmee

Posted on September 22, 2015


Mostly because food waste is about more than taking only what you will eat, finishing …

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Why Jim Rogers matters to Modi’s hope of building the very Taj Mahal of business

by Rashmee

Posted on September 15, 2015


As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads for a heart-to-heart with Mark Zuckerberg, what about …

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Corbyn & Sanders are popular because the focus-grouped 90s are so over

by Rashmee

Posted on September 13, 2015


One of the best descriptions of those yesterday’s people who claim they represent electorally viable …

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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