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Cut From the Same Cloth: CLAD and HerCampus
A reel by a club at Ashoka may just be a few seconds of stimulation in the course of a doom scroll, but the aphorism ‘a picture speaks a thousand words’ holds for a reason—a video, then? Arguably, even more. The seemingly insignificant reel becomes important to us all, for this bite of information plays a vital role in how our institution is perceived. The number of times a friend from another university has sent me a reel from HerCampus or CLAD is, well, countless.
Giya Sood
1 day ago


What Banu Mushtaq's Booker Means for India
On May 21st, author Banu Mushtaq’s Heart Lamp, a collection of twelve short stories, originally written in Kannada and later translated into English by Deepa Bhasthi, won the coveted International Booker Prize, becoming the first ever Kannada book to do so. It came as a rebuke to India’s literary establishment.
Nikita Kalra
Jul 30


Far From Here, Far From Home: A Reading of Mira Nair’s "So Far From India"
Displacement, migration, or even just the act of moving out, was never simply about crossing borders or the unsettling of the familiar that follows, but also the shifting and suppression of desires.
Ayush Rawat
Jul 2


Running Out of Time: A Review
Ashoka’s first choice-driven play, titled ‘Out of Time’ has two meanings. “You are out of time because the period of time is repeating, but you’re also out of time because at the end of the play, one of the two characters passes away, or stops existing in that same plane of existence,” says Aritra Mukhopadhyay (UG2023), the director and writer of the play.


A Long Way To The Top: On Ashoka’s School of Rock and the Magic of Adaptation
There’s a tangible buzz around campus on the evening of April 10 — although it’s not your average Thursday night at Ashoka. It is the opening night of School of Rock, an adaptation of the 2003 Richard Linklater film, a comedy starring Jack Black as Dewey Finn, a struggling musician who poses as a substitute teacher to win the Battle of the Bands.
Anoushka Kumar
May 13


Chaityabhumi: A Documentary of Resistance And Remembrance
December 6, 1956 marked the loss of Bharat Ratna Dr B.R Ambedkar, lovingly referred to as Babasaheb Ambedkar. Babasaheb died peacefully in his sleep, three days after completing his final manuscript for Buddha and His Dhamma. The Buddhist cremation ceremony at Dadar Chowpatty beach on December 7, 1956, was marked by the presence of half a million grieving people
Atharva Salve
May 6


Rage, Raga, and Rhythm: Indian Ocean at Ashoka
Indian Ocean performing in Ashoka University | Photo courtesy: Arish Azmat There is something about an Indian Ocean concert that feels...
Noyonika Dutta
Apr 19


10 Years of Literary Activism: Beyond The Peer-Reviewed Essay
The symposium is part of a yearly series presented by the Centre for the Creative and the Critical in partnership with the Institute of Advanced Studies at University College London (UCL) and the India International Centre, New Delhi.
Anoushka Kumar
Apr 18


The Disequilibrium of Academic Research: Ashoka University and Its Not-So-Liberal-Arts Economics Department
Four years of majoring in Economics at Ashoka has made the process of meeting someone for the first time a well-oiled machine — a meek “I’m an Econ major (sorry),” met with an immediate grimace, followed by a very quick “I’m not like those Econ majors, though"
Mohan Rajagopal
Apr 14


All We Imagine as Light and the Poetry of Urban Solitude—A Reflection
All We Imagine as Light (2024), directed by Payal Kapadia, is a contemplative drama that follows the intertwined lives of three women in Mum
Maya Ribeiro
Apr 7
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