‘Like all traditions, birthday parties had to be invented’
by Rashmee
Posted on May 16, 2022
Birthdays are on my mind at the moment, more particularly, how did we come to …
Read MoreThe Ides of May and Lebanon’s no-change election
by Rashmee
Posted on May 15, 2022
The Lebanese legislative elections have been hard to predict. Technically, it should have all been …
Read MoreUkraine and the incredible force of soft power
by Rashmee
Posted on May 14, 2022
Political scientist Joseph Nye, a former Dean of the Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, recently …
Read MoreKyiv is western politicians’ new Mecca
by Rashmee
Posted on May 13, 2022
Jill Biden and Justin Trudeau were in Ukraine on the same day this month. The …
Read MoreEchoes of Sanctuary Mandela ‘46664’ room in Diana Flora margarine tubs?
by Rashmee
Posted on May 11, 2022
Remember the Diana tubs of Flora margarine? Within months of Princess Diana’s death in 1997, …
Read MoreThe world in four elections: the Ides of May and the Philippines
by Rashmee
Posted on May 10, 2022
People normally speak about the Ides of March but in the Roman calendar, every month …
Read MoreThe Mahatma’s role in ‘new India’ is not about his message but his brand
by Rashmee
Posted on May 8, 2022
My Gandhi cushion, in the pop art style, was designed in a workshop owned by …
Read MoreA Mandela boutique hotel is fine, a Mandela burger is not
by Rashmee
Posted on May 7, 2022
The Nelson Mandela Foundation, which owns the nine-room Sanctuary Mandela boutique hotel in Johannesburg, seems …
Read MoreA Mandela hotel, Gandhi cushion, Diana tat: Brand monetisation is both art and craft
by Rashmee
Posted on May 6, 2022
News of the Sanctuary Mandela boutique hotel had me thinking about my Mahatma Gandhi cushion. …
Read MoreEurope is not an issue in the UK elections but it should be
by Rashmee
Posted on May 5, 2022
When British voters go to the polls on May 5 to elect their local authority …
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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