‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’ has a place on the decolonised bookshelf
by Rashmee
Posted on October 18, 2022
I’ve been reading ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’ for the past couple of weeks, …
Read MoreCould Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksas return, like the Marcos family?
by Rashmee
Posted on July 21, 2022 / open Democracy
Could the disgraced Rajapaksas return to power, like the Marcos family has in the Philippines?…
Read MoreBritain’s ‘broken’ democracy Vs Sri Lanka’s system
by Rashmee
Posted on July 20, 2022
One of the complaints about Britain’s ongoing process of picking its next prime minister is …
Read MoreAs with Mexico 1994, Sri Lanka needs a Nafta-like benefactor
by Rashmee
Posted on July 18, 2022
Sri Lanka’s current economic crisis is reminiscent of Mexico 1994. But there, the comparison ends. …
Read MoreAs Sri Lanka has shown, the world economy is in for a Micawberesque period
by Rashmee
Posted on July 17, 2022
In this decade, we’ve seen five countries go bankrupt, or pretty much bankrupt for all …
Read MoreSri Lanka’s protesters are demanding change: here’s why
by Rashmee
Posted on July 13, 2022 / open Democracy
Sri Lanka’s president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled the country after weeks of protests. Now Sri …
Read MoreTime running out to save Sri Lanka from economic collapse
by Rashmee
Posted on May 12, 2022 / open Democracy
Sri Lanka is in a state of chaos. Faced with the worst economic crisis of …
Read MoreSouth Asia is mostly bad news…and then there’s Afghanistan
by Rashmee
Posted on April 5, 2022
Sri Lanka is in turmoil. Pakistan is in a political flux. India is stepping proud …
Read MoreA new era of pragmatic foreign policy appears to be emerging in Modi’s India 2.0
by Rashmee
Posted on June 11, 2019 / The National
How will Narendra Modi’s India deal with the world now? Differently from his first term …
Read MoreChristchurch to Colombo: The unseen arc?
by Rashmee
Posted on April 28, 2019 / The Arab Weekly
The fact a Christchurch-Colombo connection was made by a Sri Lankan government minister raises a …
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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