#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 …
Read MoreJohn 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?…
Read MoreNot 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), …
Read More#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: …
Read MoreWiki-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, …
Read MoreParsing 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 …
Read MoreDon’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…
Read MoreWhat 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 …
Read MoreThe 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 …
Read MoreLiteraturwurst 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 …
Read MoreRashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK