The muddled nature of the evolving ritual of Juneteenth

by Rashmee

Posted on June 19, 2023


Juneteenth 2023 is only the second time that the US has marked June 19 as …

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Juneteenth wasn’t the end of slavery in the United States

by Rashmee

Posted on June 18, 2023


Here’s the legend of Juneteenth, as per a New York Times (NYT) report: “Juneteenth…

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America’s London embassy marked Juneteenth with a painting and passionate D-I-Y

by Rashmee

Posted on June 17, 2023


For the Juneteenth celebration, the US embassy in London had put up a painting, obviously …

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Juneteenth 2023 at the US embassy, London: It takes time to create national ritual

by Rashmee

Posted on June 16, 2023


On June 16, the US embassy in London marked Juneteenth, America’s newest federal holiday, tremulously …

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Really? King Charles has already started to make reparations

by Rashmee

Posted on May 3, 2023


American playwright and critic Bonnie Greer recently offered an interesting perspective (paywall) on increasingly loud …

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Laura Trevelyan and the gathering momentum for reparations

by Rashmee

Posted on March 17, 2023


News that longtime BBC journalist Laura Trevelyan has presented her last @BBCWorld News America show …

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Barbados may give energy to reparations case, which is as much about politics as money

by Rashmee

Posted on March 15, 2023


I was reminded of a Financial Times piece on reparations (paywall) when I heard that …

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Padma Lakshmi’s manifesto on kitchen truths and wholesomeness

by Rashmee

Posted on August 10, 2020


Padma Lakshmi was fairly droll when she spoke to The New York Times recently about …

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We need to talk about empire: Britain is being forced to confront its ‘original sin’

by Rashmee

Posted on June 15, 2020 / The Focus


It all started with the death in Minneapolis on 25 May of an unarmed black …

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Tearing down Fawlty Towers won’t promote racial justice

by Rashmee

Posted on June 13, 2020 / The Focus


What links the 1970s sitcom Fawlty Towers and the statue of a 17th-century slave trader?…

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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