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Rashmee Roshan Lall

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The unceasing influx of refugees is polarising Europe. Valdrin Xhemaj / EPA
New resolve to strike ISIL in Syria misses target

By resolving to fight ISIL, Australia and France will try to persuade doubters that something significant is under way. What's the purpose? Rashmee Roshan Lall finds out

OpinionSeptember 09, 2015
Police escort Indrani Mukherjea from a city court in Mumbai. A socialite high-flyer currently married to her alleged third husband, Mukherjee is being openly described by the media as a femme fatale, a social climber, a debauched woman and a bad mother. Indranil Mukherjee / AFP
Vibrant but unruly, India needs economic reform

The coverage of a sensation murder case in India speaks volumes about the country's media landscape as well as its economy, writes Rashmee Roshan Lall

OpinionSeptember 02, 2015
French president Francois Hollande bids farewell to US Airman Spencer Stone as American National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos of Roseburg, second from left, and Anthony Sadler, a senior at Sacramento State University in California, look on, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France. The three American travelers say they relied on gut instinct and a close bond forged over years of friendship as they took down a heavily armed man on a passenger train. Michel Euler / AP Photo
Now it’s personal: fighting back can help defeat terror

Rashmee Roshan Lall looks at the risks of vigilantism in the light of a latest incident in France where American passengers subdued a gunman on a train.

OpinionAugust 26, 2015
Smoke rises following alleged shelling by Indian troops in the Nakial Sector of Pakistan-administered Kashmir on August 18. Sajjad Qayyum / AFP
Amid the photo ops, a quiet war is still burning

There is still a dispiriting lack of trust between India and Pakistan coupled with an unwillingness to let go of the past, writes Rashmee Roshan Lall

OpinionAugust 20, 2015
A soldier stands guard as the Argentine cargo ship Mabel Ryan sails through the Suez Canal south to the city of Suez, in 1956. AP Photo
With the new Suez, Egypt realises its boldest plan

In some ways, the new canal makes the Suez route Egyptian in ways that just nationalising it never could, writes Rashmee Roshan Lall

OpinionAugust 05, 2015
A customer uses his newly purchased Apple Watch in Tokyo (REUTERS/Issei Kato)
Can technology expand transparency in politics?

The tech world is increasingly suggesting that wearable technology might be the solution, writes Rashmee Roshan Lall

OpinionJuly 29, 2015
Customers leave the Westgate shopping mall after it reopened on July 18, 2015 in Nairobi, Kenya. Simon Maina / AFP
Twitter and YouTube must self-regulate on terrorism

New efforts are being taken by the United States and some European governments to get social media companies to self-regulate and limit the online presence of ISIL, writes Rashmee Roshan Lall

OpinionJuly 22, 2015
Parts of Syria conquered by ISIL are experiencing "industrial-scale" looting. AFP
Syria needs a museum in exile ... and quickly

Rashmee Roshan Lall on how to rescue artefacts from ISIL's destruction

OpinionJune 24, 2015
ISIL fighters during a parade in the ISIL stronghold of Raqqa in northern Syria. AP Photo
ISIL makes the US wake up and smell the coffee

What makes ISIL like Starbucks? Rashmee Roshan Lall looks at the eye-catching comparison

OpinionJune 17, 2015
Iraq’s second largest city, Mosul, is now locked under the rule of ISIL militants. AP Photo
G7’s neglect of ISIL threat underlines its irrelevance

The G7 should get its priorities in line and look at ways of defeating ISIL, argues Rashmee Roshan Lall

OpinionJune 10, 2015
Photos released by London's Metropolitan Police Service showing three schoolgirls who are believed to have joined extremists in Syria. (EPA)
Melodie’s story reveals the toxic tempo of extremism

To counter ISIL, we need a vast undercover internet coalition that defies definition, somewhat like ISIL itself, writes Rashmee Roshan Lall

OpinionJune 03, 2015
On Tuesday, 11 police officers were sentenced to a year in prison for or failing to protect a woman who was lynched by a mob in Kabul. Wakil Kohsar / AFP
Women’s rights advances offer hope in Afghanistan

The Farkhunda case verdict could be seen as a bend in the winding road towards greater equality for Afghanistan’s women, writes Rashmee Roshan Lall

OpinionMay 20, 2015
Bollywood actor Salman Khan leaves a court in Mumbai. (Shailesh Andrade / Reuters)
Salman Khan case exposes the state of injustice in India

Rashmee Roshan Lall says that delays in court cases in India are cause for concern about doing business there

OpinionMay 13, 2015
Pamela Geller, the founder of the radical American Freedom Defense Initiative, speaks at the Muhammad Art Exhibit and Contest in Garland, Texas May 3, 2015. Two gunmen opened fire on Sunday at the art exhibit in Garland, Texas. Mike Stone / Reuters
Ban the soapbox in the US, but leave free speech alone

Free speech in the US doesn't require giving a soapbox for offensive views, writes Rashmee Rashan Lall

OpinionMay 06, 2015
A man walks through rubble in Bhaktapur near Kathmandu. Menahem Kahana / AFP
Lessons Nepal can learn from its tragic twin Haiti

Writing about the Nepal earthquake, Rashmee Roshan Lall draws parallels between the situation now and the one in Haiti in 2010.

OpinionApril 29, 2015
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