Why do restaurants matter?

by Rashmee

Posted on September 27, 2020


‘1843’, sister magazine of ‘The Economist’ asked an important question the other day: Why …

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It’s a shame for Modi to be dismissed as a paper tiger in the same week as Trump

by Rashmee

Posted on June 30, 2017


The coincidence was remarkable. US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met …

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With Brazil’s Lula, fall some of our dreams about men of great principle

by Rashmee

Posted on April 16, 2016


It was hard not to feel sad reading Michael Reid’s Bello column on Brazil’s former …

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Last week, The Economist was writing about ‘the dispensable French’

by Rashmee

Posted on November 15, 2015


What a difference a week makes. On November 7, Charlemagne was pretty scathing about France’s …

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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