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The Editorial Board of The Edict unequivocally condemns the horrific acts of violence directed at students and peaceful protesters on the 20th of July 2026 at Jantar Mantar and surrounding areas in New Delhi. These include the use of police force, multiple accounts of assault, arbitrary detention, intimidation, and the deployment of violence, whether by the state or by those who act with its protection to suppress democratic participation. The willingness of any government t

The Edict joins the Ashoka University community in mourning the passing of Professor Andre Beteille, the institution’s first Chancellor. Widely regarded as one of the most influential sociologists of his time, Professor Beteille’s academic stature was such that it is often said he would have been the first recipient of a Nobel Prize for Sociology, had one existed. Over the course of his career, he held visiting professorships at leading institutions worldwide, including the U

Ashoka community woke up to the news that it had lost two bright, brilliant undergraduate students Dhruvajyoti Sahu and Vignesh Shankar.