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Life here in London is, whatz the right word… ahhh… dynamic… no… happening… no… ahhh… well, you get the picture… There is something going on somewhere, everyday all the time. LSE and its surroundings are no different.

Protests:

Protests are a way of life here. We all know how the Royal Mail workers went on a strike and caused a whole lot of inconvenience to all of us.  Just the other day, the Israeli Deputy foreign Minister Danny Ayalon came to the LSE to deliver a public lecture on “The Situation in the Middle East: The view from Israel” and it seemed as if the entire Scotland Yard and Mossad were there in the campus. I mean, com’on, when the Hungarian Prime Minster came to the campus, there wasn’t this kind of a security cordon. However, the anti-Israeli activists somehow found their way into the Sheikh Zayed theater and started protesting and chanting anti-Israeli slogans. Luckily, they were eventually brought under control by the students and the FM was able to present his point of view. Read more about it HERE

Yesterday, I was passing by the Indian Embassy in Aldwych and I saw these people protesting about the atrocities the Indian Army has committed in Kashmir and demanding that it vacates J&K as soon as possible. Now, considering all the wrong information and mis-understanding there is among the Indians and Pakistanis regarding the situation in Kashmir, who knows how justified their protest was? But, whatever it was, it lacked steam and soon the entire premises was cleared by the police.

Protesters near India House, London

Contests:

Well, there is no shortage of these either. Today morning, Ernst & Young was in the campus with their big yellow chubby piggy-bank and coin-shaped candies informing all the students about their Profitunity campaign. It is about coming up with a business plan, which if successful will be supported by E&Y and the entire proceeds will be donated to Prince’s Trust Charity. Check it out here.

E&Y Profitunity Piggy-bank

Then, LSE Student Union  Elections are going on currently. The voting is online and by tomorrow the fate of all the candidates standing for the various posts that are up for grabs will be decided by the students. I have already cast my vote but I wonder how many will participate in these elections. After all, almost half the students are from countries, which don’t follow any sort of democratic system. Anyways, we will know the outcome tomorrow and hopefully the best will win.