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"Sharam Karo": Housekeeping Workers’ Protest Enters Third Day, No Communication From Administration and Contractors
The housekeeping staff workers’ protest completed its 3rd day on the 30th of August, 2025, with over seventy workers present at the site,...
Ananya Pendharkar & Nysa Sanghvi
Aug 31, 2025


"Mazdoor Ekta Zindabaad": Housekeeping Workers' Protest continues on Day 2
The Edict covers the second day of the Housekeeping Workers’ Protest, where workers continue to gather outside Gate 1, Ashoka University demanding fair wages, reasonable increments, and protesting the arbitrary dismissal of three didis.
The Edict
Aug 30, 2025


60+ Workers, 3 Demands: Housekeeping Workers go on strike, Demand Fair Wages
Housekeeping workers at Ashoka University gathered outside Gate 1 in protest of low pay, low increments, and three arbitrary firing of three didis.
Sahana Radhakrishnan & Ananya Pendharkar
Aug 30, 2025


Housekeeping Workers Strike: Open letter from Faculty to Vice Chancellor Raychaudhury
Dear Vice Chancellor Somak Raychaudhury, We, the undersigned members of the faculty, are asking you to intervene in the current situation...
Faculty Members
Aug 29, 2025


Benched Once Again: Female Footballers Held Back by Ignorance & Ineptitude
Maleah Mehta (UG'27) reports on the rise of ACL injuries in Ashoka, the lack of scientific attention to women in global sports and the need for better sports facilities at Ashoka.
Maleah Mehta
Aug 18, 2025


“Empathy, Care and Compassion to our Students”: DSA Tells Parents as AUSG Continues to Urge for Student Deliberation
Anamta Husain (UG’27) and Gauri Deshpande (UG’27) report on the events occurring in the aftermath of the release of new university policies and the mandatory signing of the accompanying declaration.
Anamta Husain and Gauri Deshpande
Aug 13, 2025


At the Stroke of the Midnight Hour…
Parampara, Pratishtha, Anushashan. Ye iss Gurukul ke teen stambb hein…Par koi bhi kaamyaabi itni aasaani se nahi milti. Har badi...
Tripura Chamy and Karandeep Gill
Aug 12, 2025


Mental Health Care at Ashoka Starts Looking Like a Punishment: Students Afraid to Seek Help
Nysa Sanghvi (UG' 27) and Sharmistha Shivhare (UG' 27) report on the increasingly punitive nature of mental health care at Ashoka.
Nysa Sanghvi and Sharmistha Shivhare
Aug 11, 2025


New Disciplinary Policies; Students Voice Concerns at AUSG open meeting
Gauri Deshpande (UG '27) and Ishaan Varior (UG '28) cover the recent AUSG open meeting held to discuss the new declaration issued by the university administration.
Gauri Deshpande and Ishaan Varior
Aug 11, 2025


Longing for an Ashoka That Cares
A “home away from home” and Pathologisation of Mental Health at Ashoka A while back, I wrote a frustrated email to the student body,...
Atharva Salve
Aug 10, 2025
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