Bolsonaro’s behaviour throws a more flattering light on Trump…that’s how bad it was
by Rashmee
Posted on January 7, 2023
News of Jair Bolsonaro’s doings at the presidential palace in Brazil as he left office …
Read MoreAt Lula’s inauguration, did Bolsonaro ‘eat the last cannibal’?
by Rashmee
Posted on January 3, 2023
When Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, widely known as Lula, assumed the Brazilian presidency on …
Read More2022 was cruel but there are reasons to be cheerful about 2023. Happy new year
by Rashmee
Posted on January 1, 2023
As the old year died, it was hard to shed too many tears for it.…
Read MorePer Shakespeare, the Welsh leek has long had a good press, at least domestically
by Rashmee
Posted on December 3, 2022
It’s not all about the World Cup, you know, not when Wales has won the …
Read MorePutin’s naglost on Ukraine is a feature, not a bug
by Rashmee
Posted on November 25, 2022
Facing reverses on the battlefield, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin is doing his worst, targeting Ukrainian …
Read MoreMastodon is a whole new world
by Rashmee
Posted on November 20, 2022
A few days ago, I, like millions of people around the world, started to check …
Read MoreRemember Liz Truss? She may do rather well out of the mess she got Britain into
by Rashmee
Posted on October 28, 2022
When Liz Truss departed Downing Street on October 25, she made her final speech as …
Read MoreA question of Truss and Rees-Mogg reality
by Rashmee
Posted on October 13, 2022
How deep a hole is Liz Truss’s government and Britain in? Never mind the puns …
Read MoreWhat this dargah in Landour, high up in the Garhwal Himalayas, says about Modi’s India
by Rashmee
Posted on August 25, 2022
In Landour, high in the Garhwal Himalayas, sits a dargah or shrine of a Muslim …
Read MoreHighs and lows of Palestinian exceptionalism
by Rashmee
Posted on April 23, 2022
On April 22, Israeli forces entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem and …
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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