#IndianWomen: Life and love like Hindi film, #IshkqInParis

by Rashmee

Posted on May 26, 2013


It’s been ages since I saw a film (Lincoln was the last and that was …

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John Kerry takes a turkey shwarma & sides in Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

by Rashmee

Posted on May 24, 2013


Finally, a US secretary of state with diplomatic skills so subtle they go almost unnoticed?…

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Not rotten to the core: Apple Inc and the Double Irish

by Rashmee

Posted on May 22, 2013


As the European Union (EU) discusses tax evasion today (evasion is illegal, avoidance is not), …

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#Myanmar leader isn’t Obama’s best friend; just his best bet

by Rashmee

Posted on May 20, 2013


Here’s the opening line of a Reuters report on America’s cosying up to Myanmar: …

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Wiki-constitutionalism: The DR, Venezuela, Haiti

by Rashmee

Posted on April 21, 2013


Why has the US, the first nation in modern history to adopt a democratic constitution, …

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Parsing to death. If it’s causing terror, it’s a terrorist act

by Rashmee

Posted on April 16, 2013


“The latest,” as Foreign Policy’s inimitable Situation Report says of the explosions at the Boston …

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Don’t bank on it: Chavez’s Banco del Sur; a BRICS bank

by Rashmee

Posted on April 9, 2013


The words ‘Bank of the South’ come to mind as one reads Foreign Policy on…

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What if Kim Jong-un sees it all as a reality video game?

by Rashmee

Posted on April 4, 2013


Patrick Cronin’s Foreign Policy piece on how the second Korean war could start (as the …

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The Great American Battle for Principle – and it’s not Afghanistan

by Rashmee

Posted on October 1, 2012


SHARPSBURG (Maryland): We head for Antietam, site of the bloodiest one-day battle …

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Literaturwurst and other good things

by Rashmee

Posted on September 30, 2012


Washington, D.C.: The sausage factory factor in news production. Twiggy in a newspaper dress. The …

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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