Social media contributes to the news just as much as the institutions who have a monopoly over the news do. If anything, Social media has a smaller tendency to be biased then corporate driven news organisations as it is from us, the people. Social media is a tool and thus can be used as a force for …
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Will Populism deliver any real change?
I start by quoting Albert Einstein’s definition of insanity: doing the same thing over again and over again but expecting different results. For two years now, we have seen multiple elections where populism has been a key aspect of campaigning in a bid to get votes. Yet Unemployment, rising taxes and austerity measures are all …
Promoting innovation at Oxford – in biotech and beyond (Speaker: Lord Willetts – former minister for Science and Universities)
Summary notes on a talk at the University of Oxford, by Lord Willetts former student at Oxford and minister for science and universities One of the most powerful areas in biotech right now is cell gene therapy Life Sciences Strategy been around for a decade in the UK Medical history like we have in the …
Capitalist Transformations in Himalaya
Notes from a talk on Arunachal Pradesh by Barbara Harriss at the Oxford Asian studies centre Militarised border in the Himalayas1.3m PopulationBritish ruled indirectlyWave of infrastructure from ChinaHydro- development= 40% India’s electricityExoticised100 tribes 120 languagesEthnobiologyCulturefolkloreKinshipPolygamySpecial features of Mountainous region: ecological fragility; society/politics. Marginalised, leading to a slow transformationMountain frontier more mobile than thought with movement …
Tips for writing in Arabic
Turn the book upside down in order to move the margin to the correct side for Arabic writingLeave a lineLove the line, ie write close to the lineLong letters are alif ( ا ), kaaf ( ك ), laam ( ل )and twa ( ط )Laam comes halfway back up ( ل )Line letters are …
2019: A Personal Review
2019 was an eventful year in which I learned and experienced so much but also realised that I have so much more to learn insha’Allah. https://www.instagram.com/p/B6yvkMYFc9E/ Best nine from 2019 from Instagram 2019 was a year in which I completed two exciting summer internships, one as a junior structural engineer at Alan Baxter and the …
How to hit a tennis forehand return winner down the line
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpdhDDh87Js So you are in a match and you have noticed that your opponent is starting to tap his second serves conservatively in the box but you are not able to capitalize on it. You really feel that you should be able to put your opponent on the back foot but end up either pushing …
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Cultural Practices and Child Health in Pakistan
Here is my review of a talk I attended at the St Antony’s College at the University of Oxford from Theresa Chaudry from the Lahore school of Economics. It was fascinating to see the correlation between child health and the economy of a nation. It is indeed true that improvement in child health leads to …
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Highlights from Oman
Here are my highlights from my trip to Oman where I was a research intern for a month at the University of Nizwa.
What went wrong in Boeing’s Cockpit?
“What went wrong in Boeing’s cockpit?”. Tragically, 346 people lost their lives in two similar crashes, 5 months apart. There were certainly political and economic factors that played a large role from increasing pressure from shareholders with a squeezing airline industry to ethical issues surrounding the governing power of powerful firms such as Boeing. There are fundamental …
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