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This article is intended as a response to ‘AMAANAT not JAAGIR.’ There is no doubt that Ashoka is an “endeavour of profound optimism” and idealism. Without a sense of idealism, no planning for the future can take place, and there can be no poetry with which to ultimately govern for. The trouble arises when we question who gets to write this poetry, who it is recited to and who gets to privilege the prose. The inspiring poetry of creating a “top-100, non-profit, non-governmen

Ashoka University is an intergenerational quest of idealism without illusions Educational institutions are endeavours of profound optimism; they believe human capital is the only renewable national resource, nations must be their own light (आत्म दीपो भव), and systematic study offers children the most powerful path to overcome or leverage their opening balance. Ashoka University aims higher than optimism: Idealism without Illusions. History suggests that adding success to id

Ashoka’s student body is divided, and not by choice. What goes on to shape these choices lies within the institution, putting students at multiple ends — physically and figuratively — of this university. Take, for example, the first weekend of the Workers’ Protest on the 30th and 31st August. Two striking scenes lay bare inside and outside the university space. While protesting students and workers sat outside, waiting for the administration’s response on the demands set, a

Fatema Tambawalla (UG ''29) covers the recent Main Gate Infraction interim measures.

Heading: Shiuli Biswas appointed as New Head of Residence Life On 9th October, 2025, the Dean of Student’s Affairs, Dr. Dheeraj Sanghi, announced that Ms. Shiuli Biswas had been appointed as the Head of Residence Life, in an email addressed to the student body. Biswas had previously worked within the Residence Life Office and Chairman Board of Trustee as Chief of Staff and Director. She had also served as an Non Teaching-Staff Member on the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC)

Nila Nagaraja (UG '29) reports on Ashoka University's 500 new scholarships.

Following the administration’s decision to reject online classes , an email sent by the Campus Life Ministry (CLM) on October 23rd mentioned that, based on past trends, the administration anticipates that “the air quality will naturally improve in the coming days.” However, ten days later, on Saturday, 1st November, 2025, Ashoka’s Air Quality Index (AQI) surged to 291 at 11:00 am. This is the highest recorded level in the University this year, since January 15th, 2025, which

Despite a spike in AQI in Delhi-NCR, Dean of Academic Affairs Bikram Phookun and Vice-Chancellor Somak Raychaudhury have decided against online or hybrid classes, as confirmed in an email to faculty members on Tuesday, October 21st, 2025. In the coming week, however, certain faculty members decided to conduct online classes. About a month prior to Diwali, Campus Life Ministry (CLM) consolidated a smog-week proposal following a student survey with over 800 responses. They pro

On the 29th and 30th of August, the second edition of Bhashavaad: National Translation Conference took place, organised by the Ashoka Centre for Translation in partnership with the New India Foundation, in an effort to bring scholars, writers, translators and publishers together.

At around 1:22 A.M, on Saturday, 20th September 2025, several students reported seeing a glowing object streak above campus, which was observed moving for about 5-7 seconds, tracing an arc in the sky. Similar glowing objects were seen in various regions of Delhi NCR at the same time. The Ashoka football team present in Pilani also saw it moving eastward towards Delhi. Students and faculty speculate that the body may have been a meteorite or a piece of spacecraft debris from