University of Cambridge
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Rest in Peace, Jason Arday
X.T.M mourns Jason Arday, who resigned from Cambridge on 5 August and died on 14 August, aged 41. He argues the failure was institutional before individual, pointing to the plagiarism…
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Pāṇini, the “Glitch,” and a Note From an Old Cambridge Friend
X.T.M introduces Rishi Rajpopat’s new book Pāṇini’s Perfect Rule, which argues that the supposed rule-conflict flaw in Pāṇini’s grammar never existed because the system already resolves it. He is arranging…
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Why Cambridge University needs a central Asian Kitchen
Describing two BAME initiatives at Cambridge, the author argues the university should convert an old building into an Asian mess with proper chefs, and favours a conversational, ‘sugar in the…
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When White Men rule the roost; there are no need for Rules.
Struck by an Oxbridge historian who rose without finishing his PhD, the author argues that rules were unneeded when academia was all white men, and describes feeling lectured by white…
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I am Brown, so what?
A Cambridge Graduate Union sabbatical officer reviews six months in office, then describes how, in formal committees that are polite and nominally inclusive, being the only brown person among white…
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White Privilege & Protesting
The author contrasts how a white male MP who grabbed a Greenpeace protester was defended while a black female MP was punished, and argues that white and coloured activists in…
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Indian Female Academics of the Left
Attending a Cambridge talk on decolonisation, the author observes that Indian women in humanities are at the vanguard of the left, and argues left-liberal Indians have become de-Hindufied in ways…
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My letter to the Cambridge Union
The author reproduces his letter of complaint to the Cambridge Union after being turned away from a Pakistan Society event for not being a student, describing it as humiliating, as…
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British Asians getting (much) taller?
Noticing that young British Asians at a Cambridge dance class are taller than him, the author links it to Westernised diets, and describes the split between British-born undergraduates and India-born…
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The unconscious whiteness of Britain-
The author recounts a story of a Cambridge college bursar’s racist lighting remark that cost an Asian engineer a contract, and argues institutional racism, sexism and classism will keep Britain’s…
