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 …
Read MoreTravellers 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 …
Read More5 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 …
Read MoreDelhi 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 …
Read MoreLife 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 …
Read MoreUnhealthy 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 …
Read MoreHow 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 …
Read MoreMystics, 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 …
Read MoreEbola 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 …
Read MoreWhat’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