Hillary is stuck in a bad news loop that’s feeding voraciously off itself
by Rashmee
Posted on September 20, 2015
Here’s the news about Hillary Clinton. (P.S.: You knew it already. It’s not really news.)…
Read MoreKey lessons for Nepal from post-quake Haiti, but will anyone listen?
by Rashmee
Posted on April 29, 2015
“The Interim Haiti Recovery Commission needed to be swift and nimble,” writes American anthropologist, physician, …
Read MoreNepal & Haiti were once part of different community of sorrow: cholera
by Rashmee
Posted on April 28, 2015
Till Saturday’s earthquake, the only time the words “Haiti” and “Nepal” appeared in one sentence, …
Read MorePlatitudes and poverty statistics: All in a day’s work for the World Bank
by Rashmee
Posted on July 10, 2014
The World Bank, it seems, finds much to commend in Haiti’s progress in the …
Read MorePort au Prince is not on anyone’s ‘dirty city’ list. But why has it been spared?
by Rashmee
Posted on February 20, 2014
Can Delhi really be the world’s most polluted city, as a recent study by Yale …
Read MoreArt and architecture: A city is defined by its classics, ancient or modern
by Rashmee
Posted on February 16, 2014
The National Gallery’s spring exhibition, ‘Building the Picture’ will be worth it for that simplest …
Read MorePort au Prince has resilient qualities, but it can’t really be a ‘resilient city’
by Rashmee
Posted on February 2, 2014
Can Port au Prince ever be a resilient city? I would argue that it already …
Read MorePort au Prince: The city liveability index probably just won’t work here
by Rashmee
Posted on January 31, 2014
Everyone always tells me about Port au Prince’s liveability “back then”, before the earthquake…
Read More‘Port au Prince’s problem is Port au Prince?’ D’accord, say French
by Rashmee
Posted on January 30, 2014
Some have expressed surprise at Haiti’s finance minister, Wilson Laleau’s frank lament in my …
Read MoreAfter Haiyan, gale-force swirl of shocking facts on climate change?
by Rashmee
Posted on November 17, 2013
More than a week from the devastation wreaked on the Philippines by super typhoon Haiyan, …
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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