Is Joe Biden’s choice of Kamala Harris a tick-the-box exercise?

by Rashmee

Posted on April 26, 2023


At the outset, let me just say, I vote Democrat and in the state of …

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Racism and the ugliness of Britain’s increasingly diverse politics

by Rashmee

Posted on April 13, 2023


The irony is palpable. It took a British Pakistani female politician to call out a …

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As Trump was arraigned, a strange thing seemed to happen to Marjorie Taylor Greene

by Rashmee

Posted on April 8, 2023


Here’s an odd thing about “arraignment eve”, to use Semafor’s term for the …

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What happened in Manhattan was not a patch on events in the Midwest

by Rashmee

Posted on April 5, 2023


While much of the world watched the Donald Trump show, one state in the American …

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Sanna Marin, Finland’s international star and Northern Light, dims, just a little

by Rashmee

Posted on April 2, 2023


It wasn’t just Finland’s size that made it so much the focus of the weekend’s …

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Nicola Sturgeon’s ‘Jacinda Ardern moment’?

by Rashmee

Posted on February 16, 2023


Nicola Sturgeon, may never have been so adored as when she told the world she …

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Nikki Haley: ‘Proud daughter of Indian immigrants — not Black, not white…different’

by Rashmee

Posted on February 15, 2023


Nikki Haley, former South Carolina governor and US ambassador to the UN, and current candidate …

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Yet another trigger warning…but just how troubling can Jane Austen be?

by Rashmee

Posted on February 6, 2023


News that the University of Greenwich is warning its undergrads about the potentially disturbing “gender …

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Is Jacinda Ardern’s short sharp goodbye a template or a telling sign of the times?

by Rashmee

Posted on January 20, 2023


There are two ways to look at Jacinda Ardern’s tearful announcement that she did not …

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Jacinda Ardern’s way of saying goodbye is as brusque as her plan for departure

by Rashmee

Posted on January 19, 2023


I distinctly remember where I was when I heard that Jacinda Ardern was resigning as …

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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