Biden should have called Trump out as Covid’s Typhoid Mary
by Rashmee
Posted on December 7, 2021
I have to say I agree with Jamelle Bouie (paywall): Joe Biden was wrong not …
Read MoreNah, Donald Trump probably won’t be back in the White House. Here’s why
by Rashmee
Posted on November 30, 2021
Read the petroleum trails just as you would the tea leaves. The Gulf Arab states …
Read MoreJournalists are comically attached to linear narratives even when trying to wake up in 2041
by Rashmee
Posted on November 29, 2021
Journalism is a very different profession from writing fiction (as I have learnt, slowly, painfully, …
Read MoreAmerica is no South Africa, that’s for sure
by Rashmee
Posted on June 30, 2021
/IT’S THE BUSINESS South Africa’s highest court has sentenced former president Jacob Zuma to 15 …
Read More4 reasons to believe America may be in better political shape than we think
by Rashmee
Posted on June 18, 2021
/ LANGUAGE In his final column (June 17), The New York Times’s departing long-time columnist …
Read MoreFrom Bill Clinton to Joe Biden, America’s climate story is one of dizzying change
by Rashmee
Posted on May 8, 2021
/ FAITH, HOPE… Enough time has elapsed since Joe Biden’s April 22 climate summit for …
Read MoreWords have long been a weapon against Asian Americans
by Rashmee
Posted on March 26, 2021
/ LANGUAGE As America confronts a yearlong escalation in anti-Asian violence, the role of language …
Read MoreImpeachment: The American equivalent of a parliamentary no-confidence vote?
by Rashmee
Posted on February 15, 2021
/ POLITICS IN AMERICA On the Friday before Donald Trump was acquitted for a second …
Read MoreMyanmar’s democracy was always a bit of an aspiration. Now, we don’t have even that
by Rashmee
Posted on February 13, 2021
/FAITH, HOPE… A fortnight after the military coup in Myanmar, the dismal truth is how …
Read MoreWhat Mr Trump said, how he said it and how it was heard
by Rashmee
Posted on February 12, 2021
/ LANGUAGE For a man who wears his intellectual bankruptcy and linguistic imprecision as a …
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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