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Ashwin Venkatakrishnan

Ashwin Venkatakrishnan

History student undergoing a quarter-life crisis
Redefining “The Safe Space”: Black Girls’ Space

Redefining “The Safe Space”: Black Girls’ Space

Black Girl’s Space disproves orthodox notions of what safe spaces are, and what they achieve
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Diaspora Children and Disappointing Identities

Diaspora Children and Disappointing Identities

Diaspora children navigate identity in a poor way that prevents them from effectively utilising their cross-cultural heritage
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Four E’s, yet none for Excitement: The problem with Hunt’s Vision

Four E’s, yet none for Excitement: The problem with Hunt’s Vision

Hunt’s vision for the economy may sound exciting, but his views are unlikely to materialise in practice
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Musk Off: Why Twitter’s acquisition won’t save discussion

Musk Off: Why Twitter’s acquisition won’t save discussion

Elon Musk’s ill-advised Twitter purchase will do nothing to help the failing platform
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Kwasi Budgets and Gilty Feelings

Kwasi Budgets and Gilty Feelings

The mini-budget shows us that the Bank of England should get more power to influence economic policy
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Frantz Fanon, Priti Patel, and the Problem with Political Discourse

Frantz Fanon, Priti Patel, and the Problem with Political Discourse

The language around Priti Patel is indicative of the laziness in our political debates, argues Ashwin Venkatakrishnan
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Neither a spender nor a borrower be: The problem with the Bank of England

Neither a spender nor a borrower be: The problem with the Bank of England

Ashwin discusses rising inflating, especially since Brexit, and questions why politicians have more say over our money than our banks
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