Aritro Sarkar, UG’21 Content Warning – This article has mentions of sexual harassment/abuse, CASH, victim-blaming. Note – For the sake of brevity, the following article uses the term ‘survivor’ while referring to those who have spoken out about sexual harassment on social media. The sentiments in the article are inclusive of those who identify as… Keep Reading
Amiya Kumar and Rohan Agarwal, Undergraduate Batch of 2023 The latest season of the Indian Premier League has been hotly debated by cricket fanatics, news channels and the public. While some believe that the tournament acted as a medium of escape and provided a degree of mental respite in these trying times, others are of… Keep Reading
By Shivani Deshmukh, UG22 About a fortnight ago, images of bare mattresses, with no bed sheets or blankets, placed dangerously close to each other in brightly-lit classrooms floated onto many of our WhatsApp chats. This was accompanied by a message detailing the appalling situation of workers’ housing on campus. Soon after, an email thread followed,… Keep Reading
Kartikay Dutta, Undergraduate Batch of 2023 and Rahul Agarwal, Undergraduate Batch of 2022 Football inherently is a tribalistic sport, especially at the highest levels. To have the fans of so many rivalling clubs band together in support of a cause is unheard of, and if asked last week what sort of situation would cause that… Keep Reading
By Shivani Deshmukh, UG22 Even though it is embarrassing to admit, I can count the number of times I’ve spoken in class this semester on my fingers. If class participation wasn’t hard enough offline, in an online semester, speaking out in class has been made exponentially more difficult. There is, of course, an understanding among… Keep Reading
By Rwiti Bhattacharya, UG 23, and Nidhish Birhade, UG 22 A surreal article published on the morning of 17th March brought the news of Professor Pratap Bhanu Mehta’s resignation to all Ashokans. It found its way into WhatsApp groups big and small, and frantic discussions followed. These events transpired when the pandemic split the student… Keep Reading
By Devika Goswami, UG22 The student government acquired more importance since we went online last year. SG decisions now also cover the return of students to campus, negotiating workers’ welfare, and organising mass dissent in light of the recent faculty resignations, amongst other causes. Pardon the cliché, but with great power comes great responsibility, and… Keep Reading
By Mahika Dhar (UG23) and Siya Sharma (UG23) The recent, jarring resignations of Professor Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Professor Arvind Subramanian from Ashoka’s teaching staff were met with a veritable flurry of media coverage and student and faculty-centric protest, in an expansive show of solidarity and support. These unprecedented circumstances threw open previously untouched, unnoticed,… Keep Reading
Arjun Khanna, Undergraduate Batch of 2023 Formula 1, like any other sport, is an ever-changing business. We witness new eras, personnel changes and rule modifications every year. Each season continues to perpetually generate new chapters in the history of the sport. The past decade saw the likes of Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel come to… Keep Reading
By Smriti Nambudiri, Undergraduate Batch of 2022 and Amogha Sharma, Undergraduate Batch of 2023 A few weeks before Pratap Bhanu Mehta’s widely discussed exit from Ashoka University, an Office Memorandum had raised several eyebrows. The Office Memorandum issued by the Ministry of External Affairs outlined stringent guidelines for public universities organising international seminars online. There… Keep Reading