Sweden gets its own Indira Gandhi…or not
by Rashmee
Posted on November 24, 2021
By the evening of November 24, within hours of taking office, Magdalena Andersson had resigned …
Read More85 minutes as president. Kamala Harris’ place in history
by Rashmee
Posted on November 19, 2021
Her DNA ensured Kamala Harris made history on November 3, 2020, when she became the …
Read MoreWho are the women driving Joe Biden’s success?
by Rashmee
Posted on November 9, 2020 / The National
Whatever happens next as Joe Biden prepares to govern America come January 20, his defeat …
Read MoreExpect fewer vices in the Pence-Harris debate
by Rashmee
Posted on October 7, 2020 / The National
In normal times, a vice-presidential debate doesn’t rank high on the roster of set-piece events …
Read MoreThe grey areas in America’s understanding of race
by Rashmee
Posted on August 30, 2020
Why should it have taken a Kamala Harris – half Jamaican, half Indian, all American …
Read MoreKamala Harris and the complexity of racial identity
by Rashmee
Posted on August 25, 2020 / The National
Harris’s birth certificate alone illustrates the problem of rigid binary notions around identity in the …
Read MoreSexist Politics: The rest of the world is no different from India
by Rashmee
Posted on May 18, 2019 / First Post
Unlikeable. Unelectable. Those are just two of the adjectives being applied to some of the …
Read MoreThe campaigns of two ethnically half-Indian politicians worlds apart are linked by social justice
by Rashmee
Posted on April 11, 2019
Two ethnically half-Indian politicians in two different parts of the world are trying desperately to …
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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