EXCLUSIVE: Oxford India, Hindu, and South Asian Societies Launch Fundraiser for COVID-19 Relief in India
Three Oxford societies have launched a fundraiser in response to the worsening COVID-19 crisis in India. The Oxford India Society, Oxford Hindu Society, and...
“Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History”: Freedom Fighting, Queen Jezebel and India
Christina Rossetti’s poetry is often coloured with feminist insights, as she handles conditions ranging from that of the unmarried Victorian women to so-called ‘fallen...
The Next Giant Leap
"Developing nations just simply have seldom attempted things like this before, but these programs would be a good chance to set up governmental, industrial, and academic infrastructure that would place them at the frontier of development in space." Harry Chapman argues that the outlook for Thailand's new lunar programme is anything but negative and why developing nations participating in space exploration might be a better idea than it seems.
The Punjabi Farmers Standing up for India’s Democracy
Photographs of the ongoing Indian farmer strikes have trickled through to social media feeds across the world, in stark contrast with the relative silence...
Going Viral: Religion and the Pandemic
Pandemics are nothing new, but we now live in a technological age - a globalised world where people and information travel further and faster...
Oxford students protest new Indian agricultural laws
“The protestors have also been met with water cannons and were not allowed the freedom of movement to the capital where they planned to protest - rights inherent to all citizens in democratic India”.
Oxford’s imperial present: ‘postcolonialism’ doesn’t mean it’s over
"What could this mean for Oxford? It requires a recognition as students and members of the university that we are not the pinnacle of merit, but the pinnacle of privilege."
Students protest in solidarity against India’s CAA and NRC
At its peak, around 150 protesters gathered outside the Clarendon Building on Broad Street Sunday, 26 January to protest India’s recent passage of the...
Blood and Beauty: Kashmir in Crisis
“From time to time in modern history, certain subsidiary situations stand out, apart from the general theme of international controversy”. These words were once...
Modi’s India: Division Over Democracy
Demonstrations have been met with harsh police crackdowns and resulted in international outcry; it appears to all that the sanctity of human rights has been cast aside in the world’s largest democracy.
Oxford Students Protest India’s Citizenship Amendment Act
Yesterday students gathered outside the Radcliffe Camera to protest the Citizenship Amendment Act, a bill passed in India’s Parliament which has been widely criticised...
OUP Twitter calls out Indian opposition leader’s ‘fake’ screenshot
Rahul Gandhi suggested his neologism 'Modilie', a portmanteau of opposing candidate 'Modi' and 'lie' was in the Oxford English Dictionary
Indian and Pakistani students unite for anti-war protest
In an open letter, the students write: “We refuse to succumb to this environment of fear and suspicion. We refuse to see our friends as enemies. We refuse to hate those we hold dear. This is not our war.”
Somerville Choir to tour India
Somerville's College Choir to tour India on a charitable trip later this month
