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Committee पे Committee: The Ashokan Handbook
This summer in Ashoka was more eventful than any– with unilateral policy decisions, unjust suspensions, and mold (lot and lot of it), I...
Avika Mantri
Sep 21


The Ultimate Project: Inside the Season of the 2024-25 Ashoka Hammerheads
Aneek Chatterjee and Yashwanth Bommareddy (UG'27) write about the University's Ultimate Frisbee team—The Hammerheads, and their 2024-25 Season.


Protest Disbanded; Worker-Student Unity Continues
Fatema Tambawalla (UG '27) covers the recent update on the worker's sit-in at Ashoka University. The protest stands disbanded as AUSG members push for unionization and a GRC.
Fatema Tambawalla
Sep 14


Housekeeping Staff’s Protest Continues, Lawyers Gautam Bhatia and Colin Gonsalves Address Workers
As of Saturday, 6th September 2025, Ashoka University housekeeping staff’s protest continued, moving into its ninth day. As part of a series of student-organised public talks, celebrated human rights lawyer and Supreme Court advocate Colin Gonsalves spoke at 4:30 p.m., followed by a session at 5:00 p.m. by constitutional lawyer, law scholar, and author of The Transformative Constitution Gautam Bhatia.
Giya Sood
Sep 7


Negotiations with Bluspring see Positive Results, Nobel Prize Nominee Shabnam Hashmi Arrives for Teach-in
Tanush Guha (UG '26) and Nysa Sanghvi (UG '27) report on the ninth day of the housekeeping workers' protest.


Ashoka Classes move out of AC Rooms to support Workers Protest as Faculty releases a new Petition
On Thursday, 4th September, classes at Ashoka University moved out of air-conditioned rooms and into lawns, corridors, and open-air amphitheatres as students and faculty expressed solidarity with housekeeping staff who have been on strike for over a week. The faculty also released a new petition to demand withheld salaries of protesting workers.
Madiha Tariq
Sep 5


Negotiation with Protestors Fails: All 3 Demands Rejected, Bluspring Withholds Workers’ Wages
Negotiations between Bluspring Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Kamal Pal Hoda and a delegation of ten housekeeping staff mediated by...


Alumni Open Letter comes in support of Housekeeping Workers Strike
To The Ashoka University Administration and Bluspring Enterprises Limited, We, the undersigned – Alumni of Ashoka University – are...
Ashoka Alumni
Sep 3


Empathy, Apathy, and the Politics of Caring
As several workers remain gathered outside Gate 1 of Ashoka University to have their demands of fair pay, clear increments, and the...
Swasti Chaudhary
Sep 3


"मौसम आये और गए " हाउसकीपिंग कर्मचारियों विरोध का पांचवा दिन
सोमवार, 1 सितंबर 2025 की सुबह, हाउसकीपिंग कर्मचारियों द्वारा किए जा रहे विरोध प्रदर्शन का पाँचवाँ दिन था। दोपहर 2:30 बजे, डीन ऑफ़ स्टूडेंट...
The Edict
Sep 3
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