Brexit really has meant Brexit: ‘Let them eat cake’

by Rashmee

Posted on February 1, 2021


/ BREXIT BRITAIN In the month since Brexit properly began, consider all the things that …

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How to read Trump’s threat to bring the army on to America’s streets

by Rashmee

Posted on June 2, 2020 / The Focus


It was Peter Thiel, Donald Trump’s only Silicon Valley supporter before the 2016 US presidential …

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Will Iranian oil shutdown hurt India?

by Rashmee

Posted on April 27, 2019 / First Post


What happens after May 1, when the US waiver for India and other major importers …

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Look Down Under for clues to the New World Dis-Order in this age of President Trump

by Rashmee

Posted on April 16, 2017


Here’s the effect Donald Trump is having on the new world order. Disparate countries are …

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US, Denmark are good examples of countries that got rich – just not quickly & spectacularly

by Rashmee

Posted on March 10, 2017


There’s no such thing as an economic miracle, declared George Mason economics professor Tyler Cowen …

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China finds a new use for coal? A bit of blacking on Kim Jong Un’s face

by Rashmee

Posted on February 20, 2017


Will coal – North Korea’s wealth, strength and sustenance – prove to weaken its leader? …

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China regulates the internet. Till recently, it did the same for salt. Here’s why #change matters

by Rashmee

Posted on January 9, 2017


Everyone knows that the Chinese government regulates the internet. Did you know that it does …

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Did Rio Olympics shine the light on why BRICS really should have been Cribs?

by Rashmee

Posted on August 22, 2016


It may not be too extreme to say that the Rio Olympics broadly showcased some …

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Should one think of the Muslim month of Ramadan in English verse?

by Rashmee

Posted on June 8, 2016


Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting started on Monday (June 6) and it struck me …

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Editing DNA will be as significant for us as vaccines to our granddads

by Rashmee

Posted on March 10, 2015


“Engineering the perfect baby,” screams the headline in Technology Review. It’s their “featured story” …

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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