Fore. Obama forced to downgrade his holiday lodging

by Rashmee

Posted on August 4, 2013


How extraordinary. The Sunday Times reports that Barack Obama “may be the leader of …

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Expats vs immigrants: All roads lead to home

by Rashmee

Posted on July 21, 2013


Someone once wrote (tongue-in-cheek but probably only half in jest) that there are three categories …

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Friends, Romans, everyone: Shakespeare goes from Globe to globe

by Rashmee

Posted on July 16, 2013


Ai Weiwei was right. Because Great Britain had self-confidence, it didn’t need a monumental Olympics.…

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Where on earth is #Snowden? Those who may know pled ‘no’

by Rashmee

Posted on June 24, 2013


The only ones who profess to know are White House spokesman Jay Carney and Wikileaks …

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The Caribbean Island experience: Futile or fun & frolic?

by Rashmee

Posted on June 7, 2013


So, it’s got it all. Sun, sea and sand. And the Flamboyant Tree (what we …

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St Maarten: Free in every way. Duty-free, history-free

by Rashmee

Posted on June 6, 2013


Now that I’m here, sitting in St Maarten, hair blown into unmanageable clumps by …

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The ‘friendly island’. What sort of a tag is that?

by Rashmee

Posted on June 5, 2013


Off to St Martin, otherwise called the ‘friendly island’. I suppose you’ve got to call …

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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