From America first to America last, or perhaps to America not at all

by Rashmee

Posted on July 7, 2020 / The Focus


It was Donald Trump’s main political rival Joe Biden who identified the main problem now …

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Travellers all, let’s celebrate 2015 as the year of the plug

by Rashmee

Posted on February 1, 2015


The new year is exactly a month old so perhaps it’s time to celebrate its …

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5 years after quake, Haiti has some hotels but too few hospitals and schools

by Rashmee

Posted on January 18, 2015


Whatever happened to all that aid for Haiti, Emily Troutman asked on the fifth …

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Delhi is due a crash course in gender awareness. Girls, some common sense

by Rashmee

Posted on January 3, 2015


Open magazine has an interesting piece on just how hard it is to be a …

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Life in Abu Dhabi: Why I went to Yas Island to buy an Ikea Lack table, again

by Rashmee

Posted on December 28, 2014


When I moved to Abu Dhabi, I bought an Ikea ‘Lack’ table. Again. Despite three …

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Unhealthy US labour dispute leaves McDonald’s Japan a small fries order

by Rashmee

Posted on December 22, 2014


For everyone who wants fast food outlets to serve better food – not quite so …

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How did the Caribbean begin to be seen as an earthly paradise?

by Rashmee

Posted on September 13, 2014


Speaking of tourism with a purpose (Porto’s ‘worst tours’) reminded me of Carrie …

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Mystics, persuaders: Sometimes, the brain just has to tell tall stories

by Rashmee

Posted on September 9, 2014


British writer Will Storr tells an interesting story about the science of storytelling, something that …

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Ebola is not the next pandemic but logic can’t quell newfound paranoia

by Rashmee

Posted on September 7, 2014


Our insensate fear of pandemics is not really very old at all, as Atlanta-based disease-specialist …

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What’s next for Haitian tourism? An expensive London promotion office?

by Rashmee

Posted on September 4, 2014


Now that Haiti has its first foreign office of tourism promotion – it’s in Santo …

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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