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To Hook Up or Not To
Armed with large suitcases and nervous parents, I was yet another wide-eyed first-year moving away for college. What underscored this new...
Shashvathi Hariharan
Jul 24, 2023


Thursday Nights: An Alter Ego
The Ashokan Thursday night has more to it than music and dance. Srijana Siri unpacks the after and behind the scenes of student activity.
Srijana Siri
Jun 17, 2023


Encountering Intimacy: Affection and its Configurations on Campus
Delve into the good, bad and ugly of the crucial role romance, affection and their pursuit in shaping campus culture.
Geetanjali Roy
Jun 1, 2023


Shuttle Service, or Lack Thereof: Housekeeping, Security Staff Concerned About Transport
Edict looks at the inconveniences faced by Housekeeping and Security staff due to a lack of transportation service provided by Ashoka.
Siddharth Dasgupta and Avishi Dalmia
May 20, 2023


Bruised knees and Stumbling bodies: Lack of performing spaces in Ashoka
By Siri (UG25) It’s the Annual Production Fortnight (APF) season and performing arts societies and clubs are busy with practices and...
The Edict
Apr 18, 2023


The Castelessness of Ashoka
By Rohan (UG23) Author’s note: this piece is written by the author in full cognisance of their position as someone possessing caste...
The Edict
Apr 12, 2023


A Very Frustrated Obituary For My ID-Card
By Siddharth (UG '24) My ID card is like a boomerang: I lose it and it comes swinging back to me in the pockets of my pants, two weeks...
The Edict
Apr 3, 2023


A Drying Knowledge Well: Academic Events and Why They Fail
By Kshitiz Shah (UG24) From 13th to 18th February Ashoka hosted the Nepal-based collective Film SouthAsia, held an interaction at the...
The Edict
Mar 31, 2023


What’s the end to Ashoka’s Moral laziness?
By Rutuparna Deshpande (UG23) Okay, I’ve tried–but there is no way of saying this without sounding at least mildly, if not annoyingly,...
The Edict
Mar 29, 2023


The Ashokan Culture of Contradictions: A Naïve Freshman's Take on Ashoka.
By Debadrito Poddar (UG ‘25) It wasn't the first time I had seen the now ex-Vice Chancellor, Dr. Malabika Sarkar, up close in my short...
The Edict
Feb 26, 2023
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