Javier Cercas on Spain’s battles with memory
by Rashmee
Posted on February 2, 2022
We started this examination of memory and forgetting with Pedro Almodovar’s film on the Spanish …
Read MoreHomage to Catalonia: A profoundly European disconnect between words and deeds
by Rashmee
Posted on March 19, 2021
/ LANGUAGE There are words and then there are deeds. On March 9, the European …
Read MoreCoronavirus: The dog-rental business soars in Spain
by Rashmee
Posted on April 6, 2020
A friend in Barcelona calls with news of a thriving new business in Spain: renting …
Read MoreEurope should pay attention to Spain’s un-European harshness towards the Catalans
by Rashmee
Posted on October 21, 2019
Now that Catalonia’s president, Quim Torra, has called for a dialogue with the Spanish government, …
Read MoreThe end of history? When the US renews Russia’s social democratic experiment
by Rashmee
Posted on August 10, 2019
Mexico’s former foreign minister Jorge Castaneda recently wrote a piece that has be one of …
Read More#Catalonia: This has to have been the most reluctant, foot-dragging bid for freedom ever
by Rashmee
Posted on October 28, 2017
Think about it. The Catalan president would neither declare independence nor back away from it …
Read MoreWhy do secessionist movements rarely gather international support?
by Rashmee
Posted on October 3, 2017 / The National
Catalonia. Kurdistan. And, almost unnoticed by much of the world, Ambazonia in south-western and north-western …
Read MoreAs Orwell said in ‘Homage to Catalonia’, hard to be sure about anything but what you’ve seen
by Rashmee
Posted on October 2, 2017
After the events of Sunday (October 1) in Catalonia, it may be worthwhile to quote …
Read MoreHighs and lows of olive oil pretty much sum up state of Tunisia. Here’s why
by Rashmee
Posted on September 4, 2015
The Financial Times recently reported on the happy coincidence of events that have led Tunisia …
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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