‘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 …
Read MoreAt 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 …
Read MoreThe Mahatma’s role in ‘new India’ is not about his message but his brand
by Rashmee
Posted on May 8, 2022
My Gandhi cushion, in the pop art style, was designed in a workshop owned by …
Read MoreThe West suffers selective myopia and amnesia over India’s Muslims
by Rashmee
Posted on April 15, 2022
Here’s a good example of the way the Indian authorities ignore physical assaults on Muslims …
Read MoreHow to pandemic-proof a Hindu (or any other) pilgrimage
by Rashmee
Posted on April 24, 2021
/ FAITH, HOPE… One of my grandmothers died after contracting small pox at the Kumbh …
Read MoreBystander trauma: A tale of two countries, America and India
by Rashmee
Posted on April 20, 2021
/ POLITICS & AMERICA The closing of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s trial is a …
Read MoreWhy it matters that American farmers are making common cause with India’s
by Rashmee
Posted on February 23, 2021
/ POLITICS & AMERICA I find it interesting that 87 farmers’ unions in the United …
Read MoreIt’s worth reading why the half-Indian Marina Wheeler, Boris’s ex-wife, worries about Modi’s ‘New India’
by Rashmee
Posted on November 20, 2020
Marina Wheeler, barrister, former wife of Britain’s prime minister and the mother of four of …
Read MoreOn the world stage, men and women leaders are merely players. They have their exits and entrances
by Rashmee
Posted on November 11, 2020
Many are offering a grim roundup of the disappointment being felt by some leaders and …
Read MoreDemocracy doesn’t have to be Western-style, nor the development template
by Rashmee
Posted on September 19, 2020
Veteran foreign policywallah Kishore Mahbubani once wrote a piece for The New York Times titled …
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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