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Revolutions Begin with NO!
Logic only provides signposts for wayfarers on the path of truth. Love provides the light.
Ali Khan Mahmudabad
Sep 20, 2023


And Yet It Moves: On Ashoka & Its Administrative Tyrants
Ashoka University was founded with a pool of investment from several different individuals so as not to be beholden to a single founder’s...
Zainab Firdausi
Sep 8, 2023


Welfare in Farewells
As history repeats itself at Ashoka University with a chilling likeness to the events of March 2021, the Department of Economics appears...
Insha Husain
Sep 6, 2023


Ashoka’s Tongue is Still Stuck to a Saffron Pole: Strike 3 with Academic Freedom
At the cusp of a new academic year, an unsettling deja vu engulfs us.
Rutuparna Deshpande
Aug 28, 2023


Ashoka University’s Descent into Academic (un)Freedom
In his resignation letter to former Vice-Chancellor Malabika Sarkar, Pratap Bhanu Mehta claims that, “After a meeting with the Founders...
Ruhaan Shah
Aug 19, 2023


Ad-Hoc Committee Evaluated Political Context of Das's Paper: Faculty in Open Meeting
In an open meeting hosted by the Ashoka University Student Government (AUSG) on Wednesday, 16th August, students, alumni and faculty...
Keerthana Panchanathan and Sophia Noble
Aug 18, 2023


Economics Department announces boycott of classes, English and Creative Writing follow suit
Mohan Rajagopal, UG'24 On the morning of 16 August, the Economics Department of Ashoka University sent out an open letter to the...
Mohan Rajagopal
Aug 16, 2023


Pulapre Balakrishnan quits Ashoka; faculty demand academic freedom in signed letter
Geetanjali Roy, UG’24 and Mohan Rajagopal, UG’24 On Tuesday, The Wire reported Pulapre Balakrishnan, Professor of Economics at Ashoka...
Geetanjali Roy and Mohan Rajagopal
Aug 15, 2023


Sabyasachi Das Reportedly Resigns Amidst Backlash on Democratic Backsliding Paper
The Wire reported late on Sunday Dr Sabyasachi Das’s apparent resignation from his post as Assistant Professor of Economics at Ashoka...
Keerthana Panchanathan
Aug 14, 2023


Debate and attacks surround Sabyasachi Das’ working paper on democratic backsliding
A working research paper titled "Democratic Backsliding in the World’s Largest Democracy," from Sabyasachi Das, Assistant Professor of...
Aneesh Sriram and Madhumitha G.I.
Aug 5, 2023
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