Maha Atal, Author at Cherwell

Tomorrow begins now

Back from mid-term holiday, 24-ers and back to checking the headlines. Here's my favorite story from the last two weeks:On February 5th, a tornado...

Web 2.0 Voting, revisited

Like many Americans, I am an undecided voter. Not in the way you think, though. I’ve made up my mind about whom to vote...

“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again”

Unlike Daphne du Maurier’s heroine, I really had been back to my abandoned chateau. Just last week, I was back in Oxford for the...

Thanks

Happy Holidays, Cappuccino-ers! Because today, on my side of the pond, it’s Thanksgiving. Stories of Pilgrims and Native Americans aside, this holiday is a...

Stephen Colbert, the joke is on you

I apologize for the hiatus—the week’s events in Pakistan, where my family has relatives and friends, has my life a bit topsy turvy and...

I thought technology was supposed to make your life easier. Now I’m not so sure.

A friend of mine from my summer at BusinessWeek recently moved to a new job at another magazine. They gave her a new email...

Look Mum, I’ve downloaded a first class degree!

Let’s flashback a few years. Remember waiting anxiously for those A-level results to see if you’d ever get to punt on the Isis and...

The End of the World as we know it?

Welcome to Michelmas 2007! Calendars are funny things. As most of my readers say goodbye to summer, I am fully into winter, bundled up in...

Sizing Up the Internet

While the editors here at 24 have been updating our archives, I have been somewhat off-duty in my coverage of the Internet and student...

Generation Y: backseat drivers or aimless autopilots?

Cappuccino is back in business with my sincere apologies for the long hiatus. As you can see, I’ve been busy posting elsewhere in cyberland,...

The Million Dollar/Pound Question

On Friday night, I went to a baseball game where my hometown Yankees were ingloriously destroyed by the Tampa Bay Devils. My long hiatus...

Staying Power: Does anyone have it anymore?

Way back in 2005, I wrote a few columns about generation gaps and aging. You see, in a Web 2.0 world, where things can...

My Cyber-friends have manners too

My mother says the scariest thing about Facebook is that there are no rules. How can I distinguish love interests from professional contacts when...

I’m Running Faster, but the Finish Line is further away

There's a weird paradox in the way Gen Y lives and works. Everywhere I am reading about how the Millennials are super-driven, hyper-informed, search...

Blackfriars Fellow created a Cardinal by Pope Francis

Review: Making the Weather: Six Politicians Who Shaped Modern...

Oxford state school offer rate has decreased over the...

Revealed: Oxford Vice-Chancellor Tracey’s £47k expense claims

Maha Atal