On Thanksgiving, I give thanks for a thoroughly British thing – the National Health Service

by Rashmee

Posted on November 28, 2019


Really and truly. Family and friends will gather round the turkey and the Vegan Wellington …

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This 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 …

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4 months after the UK election, is anyone delivering on the end-of-austerity message?

by Rashmee

Posted on September 29, 2017


Hey, Britain, how’s the anti-austerity jag going? Jeremy Corbyn is all pumped up about it, …

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Is Nina Khrushcheva right on the death of Indian Congress, UK Labour & ANC?

by Rashmee

Posted on July 5, 2017


Did we miss it all? Did we fail to notice that the UK Independence Party …

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Why austerity threatens future growth of a nation

by Rashmee

Posted on June 15, 2017 / The National


A few years ago, when memories of the global financial crisis were still raw, Barack …

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Jeremy Corbyn didn’t win but he proved that a good salesman can make retail politics work

by Rashmee

Posted on June 9, 2017


If you didn’t know better, it certainly sounds like Jeremy Corbyn led his Labour Party …

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Do you really want Militaristic May in charge of nuclear weapons?

by Rashmee

Posted on May 31, 2017


Is caution about weapons that kill a bad quality in a potential leader? Do you …

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Jeremy 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 …

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If I were Jeremy Corbyn, here’s what I’d be thinking one week on from election

by Rashmee

Posted on September 19, 2015


Hey ho, it’s one week since I, the 100-1 outsider, won the British Labour Party’s …

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Corbyn & Sanders are popular because the focus-grouped 90s are so over

by Rashmee

Posted on September 13, 2015


One of the best descriptions of those yesterday’s people who claim they represent electorally viable …

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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