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Rashmee Roshan Lall

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Covers:  international affairs, development aid
Journalist by trade & inclination. PhD. Lecturer @ Goldsmiths thisweekthosebooks.substack.com medium.com/this-week-those-books

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Rashmee Roshan Lall’s Biography

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Rashmee Roshan Lall started with The Times of India newspaper in Delhi, made a brief foray into publishing as editor of Rupa and HarperCollins India and then took up broadcasting with the BBC World Service in London. She presented the BBC World Service’s flagship news and current affairs programme, ‘The World Today’. She was subsequently The Times of India’s Foreign Editor based in London, reporting on all of Europe. Till June 2011, she was editor of The Sunday Times of India and has spent the …

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The Rise of Delicious Haitian Chocolate

The Rise of Delicious Haitian Chocolate

Haitian Super Trees In Robillard, a tiny hamlet deep in the Haitian hinterland, Valmir Mamonvil is standing n…

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Voodoo is a big problem for Haiti, says new cardinal

Voodoo is a big problem for Haiti, says new cardinal

Haiti's first Roman Catholic cardinal has described voodoo as a "big social problem" for his desperately poor…

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The west's peanut butter bias chokes Haiti's attempts to feed itself

The west's peanut butter bias chokes Haiti's attempts to feed itself

Bedline is 17 months and weighs just 5.3kg. She lies feverish and quiet in her grandmother's arms, eyes glaze…

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India's future does not lie in a highly mythologised past | The National

India's future does not lie in a highly mythologised past | The National

India's secular old order has never seemed so fragile as in the month since Narendra Modi was sworn in as pri…

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Haiti slum blooms into urban oasis

Haiti slum blooms into urban oasis

"Plant moringa; harvest community harmony" could be a good motto for Jaden Tap Tap, a green oasis in the toug…

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The pros and cons: a gathering debate | openDemocracy

The pros and cons: a gathering debate | openDemocracy

In Newark, New Jersey, inquiries into an applicant's criminal history are delayed until a conditional offer o…

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It’s all kicking off. Football and politics

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By Rashmee Roshan Lall
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The Big Story: The largest football World Cup in the tournament’s nearly 100-year history is more diverse than any other but also the most polarised. The pan-continental showpiece event is the first to be spread over three countries, the US, Canada and Mexico. It has expanded to 48 teams, with so-called “minnows” such as Cape Verde qualifying for the first time. Curacao is the smallest nation ever to participate. Haiti returns after last appearing in 1974.
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It’s all kicking off. Football and politics

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By Those Books, Rashmee Roshan Lall
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This Week’s Books: An academic is disgusted by World Cup sportswashing. A comprehensive account of football and world history. Press enter or click to view image in full size Another relevant free-to-read post: Red Card: The 2026 World Cup, Sportswashing, and the FIFA Greed Machine By: Jules Boykoff Publisher: OR Books Year: 2026 The author, a former professional soccer player, meditates on issues close to his heart. Sports as an instrument of power.
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Western rightwing’s George Floyd?

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By Rashmee Roshan Lall
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Western rightwing’s George Floyd? Press enter or click to view image in full size In the days after the 9/11 attacks, a T-shirt with a reassuring message became increasingly visible on the London Underground. “Don’t freak, I’m a Sikh.” It was a reference to the hostility directed at turban-wearing men in US, because some Americans mistakenly believed their facial hair and headgear revealed them as members of Osama bin Laden’s al Qaida and Taliban.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Sub-editor/Reporter

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, as a child

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Right after the Sandy Hook school shooting, journalists were tweeting facts without checking them; always unacceptable, Twitter or no Twitter
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