Trump has said nothing about Jacob Blake & his family’s pain. That tells us all we need to know

by Rashmee

Posted on August 26, 2020


Today (Wednesday, Aug. 26) the international news media is making much of US First Lady …

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Kamala Harris and the complexity of racial identity

by Rashmee

Posted on August 25, 2020 / The National


Harris’s birth certificate alone illustrates the problem of rigid binary notions around identity in the …

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They’re still raving about bishop who tried trans-Atlantic spiritual union at royal wedding

by Rashmee

Posted on May 26, 2018


They’re still at it.  The British media. Even some of the crustier establishment types. It …

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Is Barack Obama finally becoming the ‘black’ president he should have?

by Rashmee

Posted on July 20, 2015


Is it just my imagination or is Barack Obama finally becoming the “black” president he …

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Unknown knowns: Is Indian racism only about the ‘habshi’ word?

by Rashmee

Posted on May 11, 2015


Reshmi Dasgupta, my former colleague from the Times’ group of newspapers, recently wrote an interesting …

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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