"You must do the things you think you cannot do" – Eleanor Roosevelt.
In this GE series, we sit down and understand the Labour Party in the UK. By: Michael Oatway Michael Oatway is a final year history and politics student at the University of Leicester. He has been member of the Labour party since October 2014 and has stood in local elections as well as being the … Continue reading GE Series: The Labour Party
The season of door knocking and leaflets invasion is upon us. Although it came 2 years early, its time to face the music and prepare for the 8th of June. Many international students studying in the UK don't know that they too have a right to vote. This information is never explicitly relayed to them … Continue reading GE Series: Why International Students Should Vote
I guess the biggest barrier that comes between me and people is my fear to open up to them about my low points. Mostly because my low points keep coming back every month and sometimes, generously, twice a month or even thrice. I was maybe in 7th or 8th grade when I felt it. The … Continue reading Invalid
The revelations of the concentration camps in Chechnya has taken everyone by surprise. The anti-gay campaign is claimed to be responsible for mental and physical torture and killing of gay men. Its hard to imagine such a scenario in today's world. But the bitter truth is that we are still surrounded by social and legal … Continue reading The Desi Gay Affair
One of my manifesto points from when i ran in the 2016 bye-elections was focused on the system of Guarantors. So here i'm going to try to explain why it was picked up by me as an important issue, what resources already exist in relation to this scheme and what I plan to achieve and … Continue reading Student Guarantor System
Usually I stick to Facebook when I need to vent out or rant about things that frustrate me and boil my blood. Obviously the Bangalore Mass Molestation was my most recent trigger. However, after seeing cases like Nirbhaya, the many cases of kids getting raped and now the Bangalore incident, my thoughts and anger couldn't … Continue reading The Curious Case of India and Rape
Have you ever seen those Facebook pages titled ‘men against feminism’, ‘feminism sucks’ and so on? I’m pretty sure you must have. Infuriating isn’t it? To see something that you so strongly believe in, which you feel everyone should follow and which personally affects you, to be demeaned and made fun of like this on … Continue reading He, She and the Feminist
What would I tell myself if I could go back and relive high school? Well firstly, I wouldn’t want to do that. My school days weren’t exactly the most sane ones for most of it. Gossips, rumours, ‘who’s conti are you going to or promoting’, ‘bhai mujhe toh passes sahi rate pe dede’ occupied most … Continue reading Fourteen/Three
"Mom i'm sick" "OK" Mom i'm Divorced" "WTF Your life is OVER" I know two types of people in my life (real experience, not fictional). The first, our my maternal grandparents. I've always heard my Nani giving me advice about how i should live my life, not stop my career for any boy and do … Continue reading East vs West = Marriage vs Divorce?
