Russia and the limits of national culpability in the Ukraine war

by Rashmee

Posted on July 3, 2023


So it’s not just a person or persons but the place to which they belong …

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A writer cancels her novel set in Russia. Is this outrage taken too far?

by Rashmee

Posted on July 2, 2023


When Elizabeth Gilbert cancelled her own forthcoming novel set in Russia, it could be argued …

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Eat, Pray, Love author’s damnatio memoriae for Russia

by Rashmee

Posted on July 1, 2023


In March 2022, Sainsbury’s became the first British supermarket to change rename its chicken kiev …

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A manifesto for ‘third-way’, eyes-wide-shut liberalism

by Rashmee

Posted on November 27, 2021


Here’s my list of ‘third-way’ eyes-wide-shut liberalism, with thanks to the Financial Times’ Simon Kuper…

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What is the deal with ‘woke’ culture and writing letters?

by Rashmee

Posted on July 16, 2020 / The National


A battle of letters is under way on the broad and bitterly contested theme of …

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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