90 degrees of shade: Haiti stars in new Caribbean photo history book

by Rashmee

Posted on November 10, 2014


It stands to reason that Haiti features prominently in the luscious new photography book ‘…

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Remembering Mother Teresa and Michele Duvalier, circa 1981

by Rashmee

Posted on September 20, 2013


It was an article in the Pacific Magazine that reminded me of something I barely …

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Template for Pakistan? The debt-defying decisions of Ecuador’s Rafael Correa

by Rashmee

Posted on July 1, 2013


For weeks, Rafael Correa has featured in the news only in relation to Edward Snowden…

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Is there any point reading Graham Greene’s Haiti novel in 2013?

by Rashmee

Posted on March 31, 2013


I was finally driven to read ‘The Comedians’ by my second visit to The Oloffson, …

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Duvalier hearing continues: It won’t make the tabloids

by Rashmee

Posted on March 14, 2013


The lack of media interest in today’s Duvalier hearing reminded me of Oscar Wilde. Ever …

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Think Chris Huhne, when you talk Baby Doc, Modi

by Rashmee

Posted on March 12, 2013


Pay attention to the Chris Huhne story playing itself out in Britain, all those who …

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Why Narendra Modi should be reading about Baby Doc

by Rashmee

Posted on March 3, 2013


So they’re all reporting on Jean Claude ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier’s unexpected appearance in court (on …

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Al Jazeera, the Agronomist and messages of change

by Rashmee

Posted on February 22, 2013


Al-Jazeera was in the Haitian capital, watching the court hearing that wasn’t, ie when ‘Baby …

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Baby Doc Duvalier not in court: What now?

by Rashmee

Posted on February 21, 2013


“Baby Doc isn’t showing,” tweeted Reed Brody of Human Rights Watch from the courtroom in …

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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