#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 MoreApple 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 MoreLessons 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 MoreA 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 MoreRape 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 MoreRemembering 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 MoreThe 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 MoreA 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 MoreViva 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 MoreMogadishu’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 …
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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