How to hold on to hope in a time of terror? What do you tell your children?
by Rashmee
Posted on July 5, 2016
So how does one hold on to hope in this seemingly neverending season of terrorist …
Read MoreIn the republic of poetry, there will be no one dislocated from history
by Rashmee
Posted on March 14, 2016
Can poetry ease an immigrant’s sense of dislocation? Only to the extent that it might …
Read MoreShouldn’t LA have a film director l’eminence instead of a poet-laureate?
by Rashmee
Posted on January 19, 2016
When I say Los Angeles of what do I think film, television Paramount Pictures, Universal …
Read MoreR.I.P. Francisco X. Alarcon, the poet who prayed for ‘a more godlike god’
by Rashmee
Posted on January 17, 2016
I got a shock when I read that Francisco X. Alarcon had died on Friday, …
Read MoreYou can’t win a basketball game or the reader’s attention with humbug
by Rashmee
Posted on January 13, 2016
“There is a lot of bad poetry in the world,” writes sports columnist Sally Jenkins …
Read MoreWant a hack-proof password? Search within your favourite poem
by Rashmee
Posted on October 25, 2015
It was only a matter of time before a couple of computational linguists at the …
Read MoreWhat does a poet do with history? They parse it so it’s no longer a souvenir
by Rashmee
Posted on August 18, 2015
Last week, it was that time of year again – when Indians and Pakistanis recall …
Read MoreHavana high for US: Why countries need poets to say what they can’t – or won’t
by Rashmee
Posted on August 15, 2015
Formulaic or not, there’s always something enormously moving when countries wheel out poets to say …
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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