India and Afghanistan now share an ‘independence day’
by Rashmee
Posted on August 15, 2022
India and Afghanistan now share an independence day. At least, according to the Taliban. August …
Read MoreTake Roald Dahl as a tonic rather than a terrible template
by Rashmee
Posted on August 14, 2022
I found ‘George’s Marvellous Medicine,’ a Roald Dahl book I hadn’t read, as a giveaway …
Read MoreSalman Rushdie, the man who told stories about India
by Rashmee
Posted on August 13, 2022
The day that Salman Rushdie was stabbed in Chautauqua, in upstate New York, an openDemocracy …
Read MoreThe last white woman, Liz Truss
by Rashmee
Posted on August 11, 2022
Writer Mohsin Hamid was on British domestic radio’s Today programme, talking about his new novel …
Read MoreAfghanistan, one year after the Taliban’s reconquest: Sunshine and showers?
by Rashmee
Posted on August 10, 2022
With less than a week to go before the Taliban mark the one-year anniversary of …
Read MoreHazara diaspora asks the world to spare a thought for their people in Afghanistan
by Rashmee
Posted on August 9, 2022
I recently read a piece on the growing numbers in Australia of Hazara, who are …
Read MoreOne year on, America is supposedly moving on from Afghanistan
by Rashmee
Posted on August 8, 2022
An Associated Press (AP) story from Washington recently reported that the CIA is moving on …
Read MoreBack to black: Afghanistan’s new golden age…of coal-mines
by Rashmee
Posted on August 7, 2022
It’s nearly one year since the Americans beat it from Kabul, giving way to the …
Read MoreBack to the future in Afghanistan?
by Rashmee
Posted on August 6, 2022
On October 7, 2001, a US-led coalition began an intense bombing campaign on Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. …
Read MoreAmerica’s 20-year engagement with Afghanistan and the unrealised pomegranate peace
by Rashmee
Posted on August 5, 2022
The other day a US contractor, Dan Smock was on the radio from Texas. He …
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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