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After #NotMyAshoka: 4 Questions for the Board of Trustees
By Mahika Dhar (UG23) and Siya Sharma (UG23) The recent, jarring resignations of Professor Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Professor Arvind...
The Edict
Apr 2, 2021
Stop making Pratap Bhanu Mehta’s Resignation all about Ashoka’s Private Status
By Mahika Dhar (UG23) and Shivani Deshmukh (UG22) The recent influx of media attention on Ashoka university protests has been powerful...
The Edict
Mar 27, 2021
Is this Ashoka’s Rubicon Moment?
TW – This article contains a mention of suicide By Akanksha Mishra, UG22 When Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon river with the Roman...
The Edict
Mar 25, 2021
The Solution To Ashokan Apathy Is Already Here
– By Arundhati Srinath (UG21) During the first-ever Accountability Debate, former member of the 4th House of Representatives, Akshay...
The Edict
Feb 22, 2021


The Disquieting Silence of the Undergraduates Facebook Group
By Ananya Gupta, UG22 Note : This is both an Opinions and Newsdesk article On the 24th of September last year , screenshots of comments...
The Edict
Feb 19, 2021
An Open Letter Responding to Ex-CEO’s Op-Ed in The Edict
By Amola Mehta (UG21) and Maanya Saran (UG21) Dear Shashank and everyone else, We’d like to begin by saying that, as fellow alumni of the...
The Edict
Feb 3, 2021


Methodology Over Ideology: Can Tarz Renew Ashokan Politics?
Written by Arya Shukla (UG 23) and Ananya Gupta (UG 22) When the pandemic set in and students deserted the campus en masse, reports began...
The Edict
Jan 28, 2021
“Trust is AUEC’s Greatest Asset”: Ex-CEO Suggests Ban on Former Commissioners Joining SG
By Shashank Mattoo (UG20) Ashokan elections never fail to disappoint. As someone who spent two years in the Ashoka University Election...
The Edict
Jan 25, 2021
The Forgotten Civic Right: Why and How to Contest Elections
In discussions about civic rights, the right to vote is emphasised, and rightly so. But this right, often framed as a duty — as...
The Edict
Jan 23, 2021


Cam‘pain’ing In A Pandemic – Challenges of an Online Election
Published on January 11, 2021 *The following is an Opinions article.* By Akanksha Mishra (UG22) As the ‘new’ normal casts its shadow upon...
The Edict
Jan 11, 2021
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