Read this if you want to know just how new it is to have a big fat wedding
by Rashmee
Posted on January 1, 2015
The way people get married is not what it used to be. Wait, this blog …
Read MoreAmerican fat cats aren’t financing trust fund babies in the way some think
by Rashmee
Posted on December 30, 2014
Even though Thomas Piketty said it, the facts don’t support the theory that inheritance has …
Read MoreKate Middleton isn’t a Disney princess but she has great perks anyway
by Rashmee
Posted on December 9, 2014
If Kate Middleton were a Disney princess … writes Belinda Luscombe in TIME, there would …
Read MoreThirty-three years after Bob Marley, Get Up, Stand Up, get going #Haiti
by Rashmee
Posted on May 15, 2014
Monday was the 33rd anniversary of Bob Marley’s death and television channels across Haiti …
Read MoreCulture conundrum: Justin Bieber rampage may have al-Qaeda links. Go figure
by Rashmee
Posted on January 26, 2014
“Justin Bieber rampage may have al-Qaeda links, terrorism analysts warn”. So goes the headline. …
Read MoreOde to openness? An unbuttoned La Maison Blanc, rather than the White House
by Rashmee
Posted on January 24, 2014
As French President Francois Hollande met Pope Francis today (Friday), my thoughts turned to a …
Read MoreHappy Birthday Kate Moss. @40, the quintessential Model’s Model?
by Rashmee
Posted on January 17, 2014
This week, Kate Moss is nearby, in a manner of speaking. The supermodel (to use …
Read MoreThe zeitgeist all over again? Older, not wiser, Bridget Jones and the Twitterverse
by Rashmee
Posted on December 23, 2013
Helen Fielding is probably likely to do for the middle-aged woman what she did for …
Read MoreOn the political red carpet for the man only a very few should call ‘Madiba’
by Rashmee
Posted on December 10, 2013
Today’s memorial service for Nelson Mandela is the red carpet of the political world. Those …
Read MoreStyle vs statesmanship: Karzai fashion statement and North Korea chic
by Rashmee
Posted on November 21, 2013
Now that the Loya Jirga is meeting in Kabul, remember the Karzai style that …
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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