Elon Musk’s exquisite parody of impartiality?

by Rashmee

Posted on April 24, 2023


What was the point in Twitter removing the labels that described major media outlets’ funding …

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Expert opinion from Japan on the ‘Indian century’

by Rashmee

Posted on April 22, 2023


On January 29, a piece appeared in Nikkei, the Japanese business daily that’s world’s largest …

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For the West, the ‘Indian century’ may have already begun

by Rashmee

Posted on April 21, 2023


In the minds of many Western writers and thinkers, the “Indian century” may …

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Elon Musk obeys ‘strict’ social media rules of Modi’s India. But not for America’s NPR

by Rashmee

Posted on April 15, 2023


The world’s media (paywall) has thoroughly picked apart the roughly 90-minute conversation suddenly granted by …

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Rahul Gandhi is a horsefly bite on the flank of Modi’s India

by Rashmee

Posted on March 24, 2023


Rahul Gandhi may never have been so important as in the moment of his presumed …

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India too, like the US, makes distastefully pragmatic policy choices

by Rashmee

Posted on March 1, 2023


Western politicians can often be pretty tone deaf about the oil price compulsions that guide …

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Mission Impossible for India’s new Bond-style film to reset the country’s political plot?

by Rashmee

Posted on January 25, 2023


From January 25, India and much of the world gets to see Shah Rukh Khan’s …

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What happened in Leicester?

by Rashmee

Posted on November 28, 2022 / The New European


A shocking outbreak of violence shows that a multicultural society is open to radical ideas …

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‘Narendra Modi’s political good fortune’

by Rashmee

Posted on September 1, 2022


India’s Hindu nationalist prime minister Narendra Modi is blessed. He rules the world’s largest democracy …

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At 75, India and Pakistan look more and more like each other

by Rashmee

Posted on August 12, 2022 / open Democracy


In 75 years as independent countries, India and Pakistan have become more alike than seemed …

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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