Shine a light. It’s the only way to keep real democracy alive
by Rashmee
Posted on February 3, 2021
/ TAKE UP ONE IDEA It was in February 2017 that the Washington Post introduced …
Read MoreThis week, Britain has a deadline to give up its last African colony
by Rashmee
Posted on November 16, 2019
“Global” Britain, that post-Brexit paradox, is coming at the UK in surprising ways. Britain is …
Read MoreIsrael is in denial about Palestine just as India is about Kashmir
by Rashmee
Posted on February 19, 2019
One of the best explanations for what’s happening with Israel appears under Chemi Shalev’s byline …
Read MoreTwo renditions of Mast Qalandar one balmy ‘Indian Night’ in Tunis
by Rashmee
Posted on August 31, 2017
When the Tunisian capital’s under-advertised Season of Love, Rouhanyet, ended (on August 28) it …
Read MorePakistan and India at 70: Is this a moment to be proud or to mourn lost opportunities?
by Rashmee
Posted on August 16, 2017 / The National
India and Pakistan ran into the 70th birthday blues this week, which is to say …
Read MoreBrexit chaos? Think of the bloody commotion when Britain left India in 1947
by Rashmee
Posted on August 15, 2017
I suppose it should be no surprise that chaos rules Britain’s attempt to exit from …
Read MoreHere’s the country Donald Trump, defender of ‘western’ values, urges us to admire
by Rashmee
Posted on July 10, 2017
Poland. “Tough,” Mr Trump called it in Warsaw on Thursday, July 6. Poles, he said, …
Read MoreIndia needs jobs more than it needs secularism, said my friend, but Mr Modi has delivered neither
by Rashmee
Posted on June 19, 2017
I recently met a wise old friend, who’s fluent in Sanskrit, studies ancient Indian epics …
Read MoreDoors begin to close on India’s tech diaspora
by Rashmee
Posted on April 27, 2017 / The National
After nearly two decades of being welcomed as the geeks who could inherit the Earth …
Read MoreUS, Denmark are good examples of countries that got rich – just not quickly & spectacularly
by Rashmee
Posted on March 10, 2017
There’s no such thing as an economic miracle, declared George Mason economics professor Tyler Cowen …
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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