The Italian village that gladly welcomes migrants with Gandhis & Guevaras
by Rashmee
Posted on November 5, 2013
Fifteen years after Riace, a village in southern Italy, opened its doors to migrants from …
Read MoreLoads of sauce: Haiti’s piquant Piment Bouc; America’s pungent Sriracha
by Rashmee
Posted on November 4, 2013
I was thinking of Irwindale, southern California, as I bought Piment Bouc, the absolutely superb …
Read MoreHappy Diwali. Especially Haiti, with its 12,000 solar WakaWaka lights
by Rashmee
Posted on November 3, 2013
Less than a week ago, an enormous number of WakaWakas were distributed around Haiti, …
Read MoreBanging the gender drum for Haiti’s women: Can it ever do any good
by Rashmee
Posted on November 2, 2013
I’ve always wondered how anyone, man or woman, can write such a sentence. Is it …
Read MoreHow about a Heineken Global Index of the Cost of Doing Business?
by Rashmee
Posted on November 1, 2013
For years, Heineken advertised itself in the UK as a crucial product, one that “refreshes …
Read MoreA yawning gap on the bookshelf? Haiti: An Unfinished Story
by Rashmee
Posted on October 31, 2013
The police walk in groups of four in Tibet, says Stefan Halper, two carrying …
Read MoreHola, was it really a good idea to listen in on Spain exchanging paella recipes?
by Rashmee
Posted on October 30, 2013
Hola. Now that even Senator Dianne Feinstein, who has overview of the National Security …
Read More#Reith lectures ask if art can still get the jaded 21st century all shook up?
by Rashmee
Posted on October 29, 2013
Can art still shock the jaded 21st century Grayson Perry will ask today in …
Read MoreHoly halal cow! There’s a sin-free sex industry just the way God intended?
by Rashmee
Posted on October 28, 2013
Turkey’s first online sex shop for Muslims (and presumably anyone else who’s willing or minded …
Read MoreAmerica’s problem? Not a warming planet,but global cooling towards it
by Rashmee
Posted on October 27, 2013
No one can deny that Saudi Arabia was spot-on in refusing to join the United …
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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