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“Azadi, Ra Vali and March On” — The Public and Private Moorings of Dissent
हर ज़ोर ज़ुल्म की टक्कर में हड़ताल हमारा नारा है! At the face of any highhandedness, WE resist! तुमने माँगें ठुकराई हैं,...
Srijana Siri
Nov 20, 2023


How ABA's Inclusivity Failed Successfully
An all-trans team was proposed to the ABA shortly after owner registration forms went out. We were informed that we could not go ahead...
Team LGTVHD+
Nov 3, 2023


Begum’s Beat-Blitz
As a kid with two-together parents, car rides could be makeshift concerts of Chris Rea or a 9-minute seat to November Rain’s guitar solo...
Samaah Noor Sheikh
Oct 29, 2023


Posters and Polaroids: The Science Behind Decorating Your Dorm Room
When I first entered Ashoka four weeks ago, I was a city girl prepared to conquer and discover all the nooks and crannies of an...
Teesha Aurora
Oct 2, 2023


Revolutions Begin with NO!
Logic only provides signposts for wayfarers on the path of truth. Love provides the light.
Ali Khan Mahmudabad
Sep 20, 2023


Protecting Our State Or The State: Decoding IB's Visit to Ashoka
On August 22nd, The Wire reported that the Intelligence Bureau (IB) visited Ashoka University to probe Professor Das’s already...
Srijana Siri
Sep 12, 2023


And Yet It Moves: On Ashoka & Its Administrative Tyrants
Ashoka University was founded with a pool of investment from several different individuals so as not to be beholden to a single founder’s...
Zainab Firdausi
Sep 8, 2023


Welfare in Farewells
As history repeats itself at Ashoka University with a chilling likeness to the events of March 2021, the Department of Economics appears...
Insha Husain
Sep 6, 2023


Ashoka’s Tongue is Still Stuck to a Saffron Pole: Strike 3 with Academic Freedom
At the cusp of a new academic year, an unsettling deja vu engulfs us.
Rutuparna Deshpande
Aug 28, 2023


Ashoka University’s Descent into Academic (un)Freedom
In his resignation letter to former Vice-Chancellor Malabika Sarkar, Pratap Bhanu Mehta claims that, “After a meeting with the Founders...
Ruhaan Shah
Aug 19, 2023
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