Springtime in Africa?
by Rashmee
Posted on August 31, 2023
France is on the wrong side of history in Gabon but the United States is …
Read MoreFireworks in France: Bastille Day and riots
by Rashmee
Posted on July 23, 2023
Welcome to the fifth instalment of This Week, Those Books, your rundown on books new …
Read MoreOn race, France is now Americanised
by Rashmee
Posted on July 15, 2023 / The Times of India
This Bastille Day, celebrations of the moment in 1789 that sparked the French revolution, serves …
Read MoreOn race, France is now Americanised
by Rashmee
Posted on July 13, 2023 / The Times of India
This Bastille Day, celebrations of the July 14 moment in 1789 that sparked the French …
Read MoreFireworks in France: Bastille Day and riots
by Rashmee
Posted on July 12, 2023 / This Week, Those Books
Welcome to the fifth instalment of This Week, Those Books, your rundown on books new …
Read MoreShouldn’t the French get with the script?
by Rashmee
Posted on May 1, 2023
Over on my substack Joining the Dots, my former BBC colleague Henri Astier makes …
Read MoreShould Tunisia be following the French model of doing business? Or not…
by Rashmee
Posted on July 14, 2022
We are a pretty confused lot, it strikes me, as I think about two parallel …
Read MoreParis emphatically did not have politics on its mind
by Rashmee
Posted on June 13, 2022
On election day in Paris, there was little sign that people had politics on their …
Read MoreThe French Trump?
by Rashmee
Posted on October 25, 2021
Journalists know that artful comparisons are excellent shorthand to convey nuance. So Bassem Youssef is …
Read MoreYoung though he is, Macron may suddenly feel the intimations of mortality. Here’s why
by Rashmee
Posted on December 4, 2020
News reports on 94-year-old Valéry Giscard d’Estaing’s death routinely described France’s former president as “the …
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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