Are you ready for Boiled Raisin Cake as the Ukraine war drags on?
by Rashmee
Posted on February 4, 2023
Eggs are becoming the newest contraband at America’s border with Mexico. In Britain, the cost …
Read MoreSo Boris Johnson’s comeback trail, like that of Liz Truss, runs through Washington, DC?
by Rashmee
Posted on February 2, 2023
On the last day of January, Boris Johnson was wandering around Capitol Hill, meeting and …
Read MoreThe tanks-to-Ukraine story is not about America’s 31 Abrams, but its heart
by Rashmee
Posted on January 26, 2023
On Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s birthday, America announced a big present. Not the 31 M1 …
Read MoreThe egg-spensive scramble and what it says about our interconnected world
by Rashmee
Posted on January 24, 2023
The global scramble for eggs is getting egg-spensive. Malaysia was suffering an acute shortage of …
Read More2022 was cruel but there are reasons to be cheerful about 2023. Happy new year
by Rashmee
Posted on January 1, 2023
As the old year died, it was hard to shed too many tears for it.…
Read MoreUkrainian grit: A true story
by Rashmee
Posted on November 26, 2022
It’s not just the US-led order that does not want to blink first and advise …
Read MorePutin’s naglost on Ukraine is a feature, not a bug
by Rashmee
Posted on November 25, 2022
Facing reverses on the battlefield, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin is doing his worst, targeting Ukrainian …
Read MoreThe Ukraine war needs diplomacy not daredevil talk
by Rashmee
Posted on November 9, 2022
News that Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his French counterpart President Emmanuel Macron have agreed …
Read MoreAmerica calling: The Ukraine war needs diplomacy not daredevil talk
by Rashmee
Posted on November 8, 2022
The US midterms matter…to Ukraine. Yes and no. Conventional wisdom has it that if Republicans …
Read More‘Ukraine fatigue’? A Ukrainian mother-and-daughter story from London
by Rashmee
Posted on August 21, 2022
The mother of one of my Ukrainian friends leaves London next month. She’s going home, …
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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