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The Nobel Peace Prize Has a Credibility Problem—Welcome to the Club, Machado
Maria Corina Machado is now a Nobel laureate with her win arriving on the heels of months of lobbying by Donald Trump. From boasting of ending seven wars, which included making tenuous headway towards peace in Gaza, to gathering endorsements from global leaders, and even calling Norway’s finance minister for his support, there is little Trump has not done to assert his claim—seemingly all for naught when Machado was selected instead. But is her win truly more palatable? What
Poorvi Sanath Kumar
Nov 28, 2025


Equal Opportunity Cell: Promises, Plans, and the long road ahead
Nethra Ramakrishnan reports on the functioning and challenges in the operational performance of the Equal Opportunity Cell and outlines the roadmap ahead.
Nethra Ramakrishnan
Nov 25, 2025


AUSG Open Meeting: UG Council, HoR & Ministers Share Update
Ananya Kakar (UG'28) and Neha S.K. (UG'27) covers the open meeting held by Ashoka University Student Government to address student concerns and update on AUSG's ongoing work.
Ananya Kakar and Neha S.K.
Nov 14, 2025


AUSG September report: New Committees finalised
Gauri Deshpande (UG '27) covers the recent September Monthly Report released by the AUSG.
Gauri Deshpande
Oct 30, 2025


The Politics of Repression
When governments choose to treat their youth as expendable, they unwittingly create the opposition they fear the most. In Sri Lanka , it was the young protestors who camped outside the president’s office for months, forcing a government to resign. In Pakistan , the decades-old ban on student unions is being challenged, breathing new life into the country’s political discourse. Over the past decade, a pattern has emerged across South Asia: policies and practices that shut yout
Mehnoor Nisar
Oct 28, 2025


Rethinking the power of language
George Orwell, in his 1946 essay titled Politics and the English Language , tears apart the jargonistic writings found in modern...
Nikita Bose
Sep 11, 2025


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.
Tanush Guha and Nysa Sanghvi
Sep 6, 2025


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, 2025


Bahar Aao: Workers at the Threshold of a Home
The first hands to touch Ashoka University each morning are not those of its students or professors, but of the didis and bhaiyyas who...
Sanjana Shankar
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
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