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Of a few, for a few: Are even our best universities failing us?
The higher education space, both as a market and a phenomenon, is witnessing a period of exponential growth. Globally, higher education prov
Madiha Tariq
Jul 15, 2024


NTA, Indian Education, and the Ashoka SG: In Conversation with Insha Husain
Editor-in-Chief, Vishnu Prakash talks to undergraduate councillor, Insha Husain about the student protests against National Testing Agency
Vishnu Prakash
Jul 14, 2024


Spotify-Sanctioned Silencing: The Corporatization and Debasement of The Spirit of Music
When the very art that I use to escape the mundanities and irritants of everyday life becomes overrun with these same mundanities, the same
Teesha Aurora
Jun 28, 2024


The Narcissism of Neutrality
Convocation and graduation ceremonies are deeply political events. This year, ceremonies across the world have been used by students and fac
Ali Khan Mahmudabad
May 28, 2024


Rethinking Diversity: Beyond the Reservation Question
The Social Justice Forum has been protesting since 20th March, first inside the campus and then outside the gates, demanding a caste...
Devansh Mittal
Apr 3, 2024


The Poverty of Philanthropy
Hindutva and Ashoka's infantile disorders A look of surprise and hesitation filled the faces of many who attended the protest against the...
Prachyadeep Dasgupta
Feb 11, 2024


Introduction to Critical Gaslighting
On the 31st of January, the Social Justice Forum, pushing for a full-fledged caste census of the university since last year, organised an...
Insha Husain and Ashaz Mohammed
Feb 9, 2024


“I have tried to walk the Ashoka Vision” — Pulapre Balakrishnan’s unflinching commitment to academic freedom
At a time when Dr Sabyasachi Das’s working paper, Democratic Backsliding in the World’s Largest Democracy, was heavily scrutinized and...
Srijana Siri and Vaibhav Jain
Jan 7, 2024


The Poetics and Politics of Chai
Shhh, shhh, shhh, it's time; it's about time; run, you must run… oh, no, it's done… I am late. If only I had made it two seconds earlier…...
Madiha Tariq
Jan 5, 2024


What’s Missing on Manipur? A Kuki Student’s Perspective
People burned out of their homes in hundreds. Refugee camps raked with gunfire. Cities reduced to shards. Such headlines colour only the...
Noor Sabharwal & Lamkhogin Haokip
Dec 29, 2023
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