At school in India, we learnt to honour ‘Netaji’ Bose, not to imitate him

by Rashmee

Posted on January 30, 2022


With respect to the sort of responses drawn by any commentary (questioning, even if not …

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Legislative thuggery in Georgia?

by Rashmee

Posted on April 2, 2021


/ LANGUAGE In 1897, Mark Twain described the menace of Thuggee in India on the …

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Jallianwala Bagh massacre: ‘Regret’ doesn’t cut it, Britain ought to say ‘sorry’

by Rashmee

Posted on April 20, 2019 / First Post


On the hundredth anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre on April 13, Punjab chief minister …

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Jeremy Corbyn is the sort of Englishman who inspires something other than contempt

by Rashmee

Posted on May 13, 2017


There was a time that Indians spoke of the British with awe. Indians were amazed …

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Yet another epic TV drama on the Raj. So blooming what?

by Rashmee

Posted on March 7, 2015


One might be entitled to be a bit perplexed about the tone adopted by sections …

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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