ADDRESSING A VEXED DISCRIMINATION AGAINST
RELIGION
Recently, in February 2021, Rashmi Samant, a graduate student
pursuing M.Sc. at Linacre College get elected as the first female
Indian President of the Oxford University Student Union.1 She
had received 1966 out of 3708 casted votes in the election held on
February 11, 2021, on the basis of her manifesto highlighting the
need for greater "decolonization and inclusivity" within
the campus. However, after a few days, she was forced to resign
from the post just because she belongs to a religion that is more
scientific in nature since ancient times. The western narrative
that the ones who follow Hinduism are intolerant which's why
they are unfit to be the President of the Oxford Student Union also
brought into the context. She got cyberbullied as well as she also
faced backlash for her views on 'decolonization' and
refusal to hold the view that "colonization was a positive
experience for the indigenous people of the
