America 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 …
Read MoreHuman good and a Groundhog year when Trump goes on trial for a second time in 365 days
by Rashmee
Posted on February 9, 2021
/ POLITICS & AMERICA Here’s the silver lining as former president Donald Trump’s second …
Read MoreBig Tech is on trial
by Rashmee
Posted on February 4, 2021
/IT’S THE BUSINESS Last year, regulators in both the US and the EU were fairly …
Read MoreEurope looks to a new US president who knows what comes of ‘wrong patriotism’
by Rashmee
Posted on January 30, 2021
This, the second weekend since Joe Biden got to the White House, is a good …
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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