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In a sport that thrives on patience and foresight, Ashoka’s chess team has been fighting for years to be seen and respected. With their largest set of inductions yet, applicants battling through two days of tryouts, a deeper pool of rated players, and a captain wholly focused on winning, Ashoka Chess enters Agneepath 7.0 sharper, stronger and far more ambitious than before. Yet, despite high internal expectations and a consistently successful record, the team continues to nav

Quietly working their way back to the spotlight, the Ashoka tennis team is gearing up for an action-packed Agneepath. The women’s contingent, led by the steady presence of captain Anika Urs and the fiery drive of vice-captain Anushka Garimella, alongside the Men's unit, captained by the ever-so calm Arya Shah and their vice-captain Vaibhav Jain are stronger than ever going into the 2026 edition of their home tournament.  When asked about the squad, the leadership was more tha

“ I feel like it's grown to the point where we're not seniors, juniors, we're not badminton teammates, we're just friends. ” This is what Gokul Sundararaghavan, Vice-Captain of the Ashoka Badminton Team, had to say when asked about the relationship dynamic among the players. When friendship and camaraderie are at the core of a sports team, it becomes easy to see why it has grown to be a recognisable force on campus and on the court. Now, with Ashoka’s own sports fest, Agneepa

Agneepath is back! 21 Ashokan teams were in action across 13 sports on Friday, marking a vibrant comeback of the fest after two editions of cancellations. It was a winning start to the tournament for the women’s badminton and the men’s volleyball, football and basketball teams, who all remain unbeaten heading into Saturday’s fixtures.  The men’s basketball team kicked off the day’s proceedings with Red and Blue recording solid wins over Shaheed Sukhdev and BML Munjal, while t

In the early hours of Thursday, 23rd January 2026, Dr. Dheeraj Sanghi, Dean of Student Affairs (DSA) sent out an email to the student body addressing the unprecedented number of Main Gate Infractions the previous night. The email summarized the night's events, highlighting that 1500 students had left campus on Thursday night and that more than 750 had not returned post midnight. Thursday, 22nd January, was the first Thursday night since the implementation of the new main gate

On December 3rd, 2025 Jorge Rivera Herrans released a snippet of “Pride of Troy”, one of the many themed songs that will make it to his new album, Ilium, a musical adaptation of the Trojan War. It will be another Greek retelling of a tale heard time and again, only now with the wit, music, and contemporary tongue Herrans offers with his pieces. Given the success of his EPIC: The Musical, it is only fair that expectations run high, and for the right reasons. Herrans’ famed EPI