#2030NOW in #Haiti: Blueprint for a better world lies with us all

by Rashmee

Posted on September 25, 2013


Having attended part of Haiti’s first Social Good summit on Tuesday (and having tres peu …

Read More

Apple sells 9m phones in 3 days. Change shareholders can believe in?

by Rashmee

Posted on September 24, 2013


I’m not a neo-Luddite by any means but I was a late adopter of the …

Read More

Lessons for Haiti? Swiss army knives & a referendum on military service

by Rashmee

Posted on September 23, 2013


Haiti’s Prime Minister was recently in Europe, but not in Switzerland, else he might have …

Read More

A toast to tonight? Can Angela Merkel complete her unfinished business?

by Rashmee

Posted on September 22, 2013


As Angela Merkel coasts to a historic third term and to becoming Europe‘s longest-serving …

Read More

Rape is women’s fault: Peeling back layers of the Indian Onion

by Rashmee

Posted on September 21, 2013


A short video satire on India’s customary tendency to blame women for ‘provoking’ rape and …

Read More

Remembering Mother Teresa and Michele Duvalier, circa 1981

by Rashmee

Posted on September 20, 2013


It was an article in the Pacific Magazine that reminded me of something I barely …

Read More

The beauty of it all: Pageants are in the news because we keep them there

by Rashmee

Posted on September 19, 2013


Now that everyone’s getting steamed up about the various beauty pageants underway, just concluded or …

Read More

A new president & an Oscar entry: Is Pakistan, a recovering ‘failed’ state?

by Rashmee

Posted on September 18, 2013


Now that it has its first Oscar entry in 50 years, here’s an interesting …

Read More

Viva Mexico: Happy to be high on freedom

by Rashmee

Posted on September 17, 2013


It takes a day or two to recover from the Mexican fiesta to celebrate its …

Read More

Mogadishu’s dry cleaner should be at Brussels’ New Deal for Somalia talkfest

by Rashmee

Posted on September 16, 2013


It’s a fair bet that they won’t be inviting Mohamed Mahamoud Sheik to the European …

Read More

Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK