US immigration reform bill – fingers crossed, elbows out
by Rashmee
Posted on May 15, 2013
So far, almost nothing suggests that the US immigration reform bill won’t go through – …
Read MoreAngelina Jolie’s decision is no prescription for Ms Anita American Ordinary
by Rashmee
Posted on May 14, 2013
Don’t want to be curmudgeonly but it’s probably easier for Angelina Jolie to have an …
Read MoreHaiti: Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink
by Rashmee
Posted on May 13, 2013
No news might be good news. But that’s if you’re not in Haiti. Here, good …
Read MoreSharif: Janus-like as in two-faced? Or man of transition?
by Rashmee
Posted on May 12, 2013
Foreign Policy seems to suggest that Pakistan’s once and future prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, is …
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 MoreMiami intersects with Lionel Shriver’s new book about obesity
by Rashmee
Posted on May 8, 2013
Perhaps Miami is the very place to be hearing Lionel Shriver talk about her new …
Read MoreSlice of the suncoast: Good eating in Sarasota
by Rashmee
Posted on May 7, 2013
There’s good eating in Sarasota. According to some accounts, the city has more restaurants than …
Read MoreSuncoast Florida: Joke industry a sunshine sector
by Rashmee
Posted on May 6, 2013
Chances are the jokes about Florida will either have you laughing till you’re red in …
Read MoreBread, circuses, high and low art. Venice twins with Sarasota
by Rashmee
Posted on May 5, 2013
A predilection for theatre? Bread and circuses? You must cleave to 16th century Venetian …
Read MoreNo Housekeeping in Haitian Creole; circus time in Florida
by Rashmee
Posted on May 4, 2013
Come one, come all. A day spent at the Ringling Museum, established by America’s circus …
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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