India, Italy, Saudi, Colombia, Ethiopia haven’t had a US ambassador for a year or more
by Rashmee
Posted on January 27, 2023
Shashi Tharoor, an Indian politician and former United Nations diplomat, recently fulminated on the Biden …
Read MoreThe tanks-to-Ukraine story is not about America’s 31 Abrams, but its heart
by Rashmee
Posted on January 26, 2023
On Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s birthday, America announced a big present. Not the 31 M1 …
Read MoreThe egg-spensive scramble and what it says about our interconnected world
by Rashmee
Posted on January 24, 2023
The global scramble for eggs is getting egg-spensive. Malaysia was suffering an acute shortage of …
Read MoreIf insurrections were coffee, the barista would say Brazil had a January 6 Grande
by Rashmee
Posted on January 9, 2023
Two years and two days after Donald Trump’s supporters invaded Capitol Hill, Brazil had its …
Read MoreLight starts to dim on the oldie goldies’ era of American politics
by Rashmee
Posted on January 8, 2023
The election of 57-year-old Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the US House of Representatives returns …
Read MoreNew year, same old problem across the pond?
by Rashmee
Posted on January 6, 2023
It’s reasonable to look at the US Capitol, where the newly Republican-controlled House of Representatives …
Read MoreChristmas should be cancelled in December and moved to February 7
by Rashmee
Posted on December 25, 2022
Can’t do better this Christmas than to turn your attention to something that first came …
Read MoreIt’s a wrap
by Rashmee
Posted on December 24, 2022
A pretty sound ecological case can be made against gift-wrapping: to cover something in paper …
Read MoreThe poinsettia is soprano in the season’s grand opera
by Rashmee
Posted on December 22, 2022
Come Christmas, the most festive houseplant of them all lights up hallways, dinner tables and …
Read MoreWhat do FDR’s Four Freedoms mean today? A valid question BBC’s Reith Lectures didn’t answer
by Rashmee
Posted on December 21, 2022
As a dedicated listener of the Reith Lectures, the BBC’s annual mind-expanding series named …
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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