Rahul Gandhi is a horsefly bite on the flank of Modi’s India
by Rashmee
Posted on March 24, 2023
Rahul Gandhi may never have been so important as in the moment of his presumed …
Read MoreMission Impossible for India’s new Bond-style film to reset the country’s political plot?
by Rashmee
Posted on January 25, 2023
From January 25, India and much of the world gets to see Shah Rukh Khan’s …
Read More‘Narendra Modi’s political good fortune’
by Rashmee
Posted on September 1, 2022
India’s Hindu nationalist prime minister Narendra Modi is blessed. He rules the world’s largest democracy …
Read MoreThe real meaning of ‘Oṃ maṇi padme hūṃ’ in the public space in BJP-ruled India
by Rashmee
Posted on August 29, 2022
I feel there is a need for a codicil to my earlier blog on public …
Read MoreDehradun Airport and art as a reflection of the spirit of its time
by Rashmee
Posted on August 26, 2022
In the Doon Valley, in the foothills of the Himalayas, sits Dehradun, which would be …
Read MoreThe Mahatma’s role in ‘new India’ is not about his message but his brand
by Rashmee
Posted on May 8, 2022
My Gandhi cushion, in the pop art style, was designed in a workshop owned by …
Read MoreThe West suffers selective myopia and amnesia over India’s Muslims
by Rashmee
Posted on April 15, 2022
Here’s a good example of the way the Indian authorities ignore physical assaults on Muslims …
Read MoreHow to pandemic-proof a Hindu (or any other) pilgrimage
by Rashmee
Posted on April 24, 2021
/ FAITH, HOPE… One of my grandmothers died after contracting small pox at the Kumbh …
Read MoreIndia, Hungary, Turkey, Trump’s America
by Rashmee
Posted on October 29, 2020
In the way of television quizzes, here’s your starter for ten: What unites India, Hungary, …
Read MoreMaking sense of Modi’s India: An ‘aam’ NRI’s view once again
by Rashmee
Posted on August 5, 2020
Now that Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stone for a Hindu …
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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