20 years on from war, a ground view of ‘Iraq’s first free and fair election’
by Rashmee
Posted on March 23, 2023
Twenty years after the Iraq war, much of the anniversary analysis doesn’t linger on …
Read MoreEurocentricism and the AI video Henry Kissinger and Eric Schmidt made
by Rashmee
Posted on March 16, 2023
At 99, Henry Kissinger is old enough to remember Hitler’s Germany. Time may have blunted …
Read MoreThink of war-torn Yemen and cheer China-brokered deal between Saudi and Iran
by Rashmee
Posted on March 13, 2023
Sections of the Western media have taken the symbolism of Riyadh and Tehran burying the …
Read MoreThe car has had a good run from the first ‘horseless carriage’ to the Automobile Age
by Rashmee
Posted on March 6, 2023
In his 2013 novel The Automobile Club of Egypt, Alaa Al Aswany portrays a famous …
Read MoreMetric of misery: Turkey & Syria, one week on. Ukraine, nearly one year in
by Rashmee
Posted on February 13, 2023
One week on from the earthquakes that have devastated large swathes of Turkey and Syria. …
Read MoreHistory couples well with journalism, except when it doesn’t. See Washington Post on Turkey quake – II
by Rashmee
Posted on February 12, 2023
The Washington Post’s February 7 deep dive into the massive earthquake that hit Turkey and …
Read MoreHistory couples well with journalism, except when it doesn’t. See Washington Post on Turkey quake – I
by Rashmee
Posted on February 10, 2023
One of the modules I currently teach is History and Journalism. The basic premise is …
Read MoreSo Boris Johnson’s comeback trail, like that of Liz Truss, runs through Washington, DC?
by Rashmee
Posted on February 2, 2023
On the last day of January, Boris Johnson was wandering around Capitol Hill, meeting and …
Read MoreWhy FIFA chief is right about Qatar’s critics
by Rashmee
Posted on November 22, 2022 / The Times of India
If there were any doubt the politics of world football is performance theatre, Gianni Infantino …
Read More‘Sportswashing’ goes much beyond Qatar. What about Trump and the Saudis?
by Rashmee
Posted on November 17, 2022
With all the talk about “sportswashing” in the countdown to the World Cup in Qatar,…
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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