Queen Elizabeth had a Merchant Ivory-standard, Raj-era Britishness
by Rashmee
Posted on September 9, 2022
The morning after the Queen’s death, I woke to find a WhatsApp message from a …
Read MoreAt school in India, we learnt to honour ‘Netaji’ Bose, not to imitate him
by Rashmee
Posted on January 30, 2022
With respect to the sort of responses drawn by any commentary (questioning, even if not …
Read More21st century Britain: still the ’emancipated empire’?
by Rashmee
Posted on December 29, 2021
There appears to be an element of self-righteousness about British foreign secretary Liz Truss’s declaration …
Read MoreWe need to talk about empire: Britain is being forced to confront its ‘original sin’
by Rashmee
Posted on June 15, 2020 / The Focus
It all started with the death in Minneapolis on 25 May of an unarmed black …
Read MoreKashmir and Hong Kong are not the same
by Rashmee
Posted on August 18, 2019
With protests in Hong Kong going into their 11th straight week and the Kashmir …
Read MorePro-Brexit or against it? Here’s why it doesn’t really matter to the world
by Rashmee
Posted on January 14, 2019
The late economist John Kenneth Galbraith was unstuffy enough to have poked fun at his …
Read MoreMelania Trump’s Africa wardrobe evoked a brutal history of colonialism
by Rashmee
Posted on October 10, 2018 / The National
It is pointless to parse US first lady Melania Trump’s outfits for meaning, as the …
Read MoreJeremy Corbyn is the sort of Englishman who inspires something other than contempt
by Rashmee
Posted on May 13, 2017
There was a time that Indians spoke of the British with awe. Indians were amazed …
Read MoreThings fall apart when the centre cannot hold as Trump takes office
by Rashmee
Posted on January 19, 2017 / The National
On Friday, Donald Trump takes charge of an America in which various arms of the …
Read MoreAfter Brexit, the Empire smirked back: ‘Watch Britain partition itself’
by Rashmee
Posted on July 6, 2016
A line from a creative thinker in India: “Karma is a real bitch! They partitioned …
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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