Happy 170th, The Economist, liberal to a fault except for ignorance

by Rashmee

Posted on September 3, 2013


Yesterday was a notable birthday. The Economist marked 170 years of taking part in “a …

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Someone prank-called the NSA,asking if he could get back a deleted email

by Rashmee

Posted on September 2, 2013


So here’s one of the funniest jokes to emerge from the Snowden affair. “Someone prank-called …

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Crown possession: ‘One careful lady owner’ sells car

by Rashmee

Posted on September 1, 2013


As The Daily Telegraph put it, “it may have seemed a fairly standard description for …

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America’s known unknowns. All that spies know they don’t know

by Rashmee

Posted on August 31, 2013


Everything you wanted to know about what the US knows, but didn’t know who to …

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Hit him hard? The Syrian question is not that easy to answer

by Rashmee

Posted on August 30, 2013


So The Economist (along with David Cameron and William Hague) are pushing to hit Bashar …

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The twerk’s the thing. Oxford dictionary adds word; Miley Cyrus lives it

by Rashmee

Posted on August 29, 2013


Oxford Dictionaries Online say they’re adding “twerk” to its cache of words. I wouldn’t have …

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Jargon is officially out, going forward. But can UK civil servants deliver?

by Rashmee

Posted on August 28, 2013


It’s been a month the decision was taken. Going forward, the dialogue will deliver key …

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Hurricane Marco Rubio. Climate change gimmick taking newsrooms by storm

by Rashmee

Posted on August 27, 2013


Numerous clever images shock and underline the great tumult of climate change. Now, the environmental …

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Why it’s good to share a wife. A Kenyan example of getting on?

by Rashmee

Posted on August 26, 2013


A timeless (some might say timeworn) image of Kenya. There’s harmony in the whole. It …

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Haiti’s Bangalore connection: A blooming wonder

by Rashmee

Posted on August 25, 2013


So a Bangalore company, VayuGrid, has signed an agreement with Haiti’s Sonamar SA to develop …

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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