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 …
Read MoreThe singer is dead. Long live the Aborigine anthem of inclusiveness
by Rashmee
Posted on June 3, 2013
Till his death, Mandawuy Yunupingu was just a voice to me. Then I learnt …
Read MoreEnglish has an enormous share of #HaitianCreole
by Rashmee
Posted on June 1, 2013
According to the blog Memorize Haitian Creole, the way words have been swapped between English …
Read MoreEdmund Hillary, 1953: It’s not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves
by Rashmee
Posted on May 29, 2013
“I was naturally very pleased to get there, you can imagine we had some difficulty …
Read MoreFBI shoots dead Orlando Chechen; Woolwich attackers shot but still alive
by Rashmee
Posted on May 23, 2013
Wider than the Atlantic Ocean. Deeper than the cultural underpinnings of different ways to spell …
Read MoreNot rotten to the core: Apple Inc and the Double Irish
by Rashmee
Posted on May 22, 2013
As the European Union (EU) discusses tax evasion today (evasion is illegal, avoidance is not), …
Read MorePrince Harry in the US: The big point of pointlessness
by Rashmee
Posted on May 9, 2013
My friend – and former London foreign correspondent colleague Robert MacPherson – reports in his …
Read MoreImperial circle? Bentinck’s babus to mark British exam papers
by Rashmee
Posted on April 29, 2013
William Bentinck would probably have felt vindicated now that a major exam board is reportedly…
Read MoreLaura Marling: A sweet bird’s throat…can’t hope for sweeter note
by Rashmee
Posted on April 28, 2013
Listen to the tracks on Laura Marling’s new album ‘Once I was an Eagle’ and …
Read MoreToday’s news is tomorrow’s Winston
by Rashmee
Posted on April 26, 2013
News that Winston Churchill’s jowly, glowering face – sans the cigar – is to adorn …
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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