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 …

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American 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 …

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Kate 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 …

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Thirty-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 …

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Culture 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. …

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Ode 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 …

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Happy 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 …

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The 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 …

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On 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 …

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Style 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