Several recent stories paint a patchy portrait of India
by Rashmee
Posted on November 12, 2019 / The National
Some sense of what is happening in India can be gleaned from four news stories. …
Read MoreWhat state elections in India have in common with Istanbul and Budapest
by Rashmee
Posted on October 29, 2019 / The National
The results of recent elections in two Indian states — Haryana and Maharashtra — have …
Read MoreThe Trump effect was underway long before Trump. But now, it is empowered
by Rashmee
Posted on October 4, 2019
Israel, India, Britain…The grim rollcall of countries where long-standing norms of political behaviour are increasingly …
Read MoreWhy politicians around the world are getting on the radical love train
by Rashmee
Posted on July 3, 2019 / The National
Populism of the most hateful sort has had a baleful presence in the headlines for …
Read MoreA manifesto for lost liberals?
by Rashmee
Posted on June 15, 2019
Every lost liberal, defeated by the Indian election result and the Hindu nationalists’ emphatic win, …
Read MoreFor India, it wasn’t the economy
by Rashmee
Posted on May 29, 2019
Shashi Tharoor, an MP of India’s Congress Party, asked a pertinent question the other day: …
Read MoreIf the exit polls are to be believed, there’s no way out for Modi’s opponents
by Rashmee
Posted on May 21, 2019 / The National
The results of India’s general election — a massive, seven-phase exercise that ran from April …
Read MoreWhat joins India and Australia? The answer might surprise you
by Rashmee
Posted on April 18, 2019
Consider the following paragraph: “Since at least the 1990s, XXXX conservatism has offered a highly …
Read MoreFrom Israel to India and Indonesia, the season of divisive electoral politics will change – eventually
by Rashmee
Posted on April 16, 2019 / The National
Negative political campaigns, filled with chauvinistic nationalism are the order of the day, but some …
Read MoreIs Modi’s cult of personality strong enough to see him through?
by Rashmee
Posted on April 9, 2019 / The National
The Indian Prime Minister has a formidable hold over the national narrative, and yet the …
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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