Iraq. Bangladesh…Are some countries second-class triggers of global grief?

by Rashmee

Posted on July 11, 2016


Some countries are second-class triggers of global grief. It’s true, for all that we pretend …

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The violence to come…as America unthinkingly cheers #DonaldTrump

by Rashmee

Posted on March 13, 2016


Earlier this month, Peter Beinart wrote a piece in ‘The Atlantic’. It was headlined “The …

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Will Terre Haute pick America’s next president as it nearly always does?

by Rashmee

Posted on March 9, 2016


Is Terre Haute the Middletown of the famous 1930s’ American sociological studies conducted on Muncie, …

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Egypt’s all-night Tahrir Sq party: Right now, it’s all about highs, not headaches

by Rashmee

Posted on August 9, 2015


We zipped through Tahrir Square at 5 o’clock on Friday morning (August 7) on our …

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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 …

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America’s militarized streets can’t fully explain #MichaelBrown’s death

by Rashmee

Posted on August 17, 2014


Militarized streets have some bearing, of course. But they deflect attention from the real, unchanging …

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Not a single US city among world’s most beautiful but 3 on ugly list

by Rashmee

Posted on May 25, 2014


Speaking of great cities, great perceived beauty can, of course, make up for several problems. …

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Message to this hologram we call our world: 3D is a form of reality too

by Rashmee

Posted on March 4, 2014


As the world busies itself inventing “the internet of everything”, it turns out that …

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The war touches Smallsville

by Rashmee

Posted on September 14, 2011


It is sobering to consider how crucially the war touches Smallsville. Here, in the middle …

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People hearing without listening

by Rashmee

Posted on September 11, 2011


Might the best template for the 9/11 memorial 10 years on, be the words Paul …

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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