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Rashmee Roshan Lall

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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, California / AP
The story of Alfred Nobel should sound a warning for Zuckerberg and his legacy

The Facebook founder could find himself remembered as the social media giant who devoured the world – unless he acts now to undo the damage

CommentMarch 27, 2018
A banner in support of Vladimir Putin Pavel Golovkin / AP
In modern Russia, the pleasing certainties of old have all but disappeared

Rashmee Roshan Lall decodes the swagger and swinges of Russian politics and leadership

CommentMarch 20, 2018
A South Korean soldier walks past a television screen showing pictures of US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at a railway station in Seoul / AFP
Could Trump's transactional approach secure 'the greatest deal' when it comes to North Korea?

Sitting down with Kim Jong-un might​ be at odds with the customary swagger of the American security and foreign policy establishment – but it might also be common sense

CommentMarch 13, 2018
Donald Trump. Reuters
Why it is profoundly unwise to make steel the key to American renewal

In his zeal to speak to his electoral base, he may endanger other lucrative American exports, writes Rashmee Roshan Lall

CommentMarch 06, 2018
Justin Trudeau poses for a family photo at the Sikh Golden Temple in Amritsar. AFP
Fashion diplomacy and the perils of overzealous style statements

Canada’s prime minister may have forgotten that style must always be subservient to political substance, writes Rashmee Roshan Lall

CommentFebruary 27, 2018
Protesters take part in a Call To Action Against Gun Violence rally in Florida after the latest mass shooting / Reuters
The Florida shooting was just one more on a list already too long and bloody

if a constitutional right is meant to protect citizens, shouldn’t it make them feel – and be – more secure?

CommentFebruary 20, 2018
North Korean short track speed skater Choe Un Song was cheered on by both North and South Koreans / Reuters
The unmissable spectacle of Olympic unity on the Korean peninsula

Behind the shmaltz and shameless posturing, North Korea’s initiatives should at least be taken as they are meant – a tactical move to ensure survival for Kim Jong-un’s regime and his country

CommentFebruary 13, 2018
Narendra Modi. EPA
India's plan for the world's largest public healthcare system is a big idea, but is it doomed to failure?

It’s a worthy aspiration, writes Rashmee Roshan Lall, but too many details are yet to worked out

CommentFebruary 06, 2018
People attend a vigil for the victims of a fatal shooting at Marshall County High School, Kentucky, after a 15-year-old accused of the fatal shooting was arrested on preliminary charges of murder and assault / AP
Trump's State of the Union address marks a deeply troubling back story to the narrative of American strength and success

There is a deep malaise in the world's richest country with rampant gun violence, drug abuse and a lack of affordable healthcare

CommentJanuary 30, 2018
For years China was the world's top destination for recyclable goods, but a ban on certain imports has left nations scrambling to find new dumping grounds for growing piles of rubbish. The decision came into force on January 1, 2018. AFP
Plastic pollution is already a big problem. This year it just got bigger

There are no ready-made solutions to this crisis, writes Rashmee Roshan Lall

CommentJanuary 23, 2018
Indian movie superstar Rajinikanth, left, waves to his fans as he arrives at an event in Malaysia earlier this month. AP
Rajnikanth to Oprah: celebrity status not enough for public office

We should be concerned if high-ranking screen stars are the only people we consider for high office, writes Rashmee Roshan Lall

CommentJanuary 17, 2018
Indian movie superstar Rajinikanth, left, waves to his fans as he arrives at an event in Malaysia earlier this month. AP
Name-recognition alone should not prepare you for office

We should be concerned if high-ranking screen-stars are the only people we consider for high office, writes Rashmee Roshan Lall

CommentJanuary 16, 2018
Protesters in Lahore burn posters of Donald Trump earlier this year. K.M. Chaudary / AP
How Trump set the stage for more gripping drama in the US-Pakistan relationship

Even in a turning world, there remains an unchanging logic to the US-Pakistan relationship, one that preferences retort and repartee, writes Rashmee Roshan Lall

CommentJanuary 09, 2018
Winston Churchill. Getty Images
The perils of teaching history through popular culture

Rashmee Roshan Lall dissects the recent comments by Mike Huckabee suggesting that Donald Trump is the Winston Churchill of our times

CommentJanuary 02, 2018
Volunteers at the East London Mosque pack food donated by people of all faiths to feed the homeless in London, UK. Reuters
From spiritual harmony to the women's movement, new narratives will emerge in 2018

Next year might throw up new norms enshrining a basic level of dignity, writes Rashmee Roshan Lall

OpinionDecember 26, 2017
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