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Yes Minister! One rejected nominee, many contentions in ministerial hearing
On 7th July, the Ashoka University Student Government (AUSG) conducted the confirmation hearing of its Ministers amid much speculation.
Madhumitha G.I. and Tejas Nageshwaran
Jul 20, 2024


Of a few, for a few: Are even our best universities failing us?
The higher education space, both as a market and a phenomenon, is witnessing a period of exponential growth. Globally, higher education prov
Madiha Tariq
Jul 15, 2024


Spotify-Sanctioned Silencing: The Corporatization and Debasement of The Spirit of Music
When the very art that I use to escape the mundanities and irritants of everyday life becomes overrun with these same mundanities, the same
Teesha Aurora
Jun 28, 2024


Controversy Erupts Over Ram Mandir Consecration Celebrations And Ram Ke Naam Screening
Ashoka University is a microcosm of India’s political dichotomy; perceived by the political right as a hyper-liberal bubble of privilege,...
Aditya Roy
Feb 3, 2024


The Poetics and Politics of Chai
Shhh, shhh, shhh, it's time; it's about time; run, you must run… oh, no, it's done… I am late. If only I had made it two seconds earlier…...
Madiha Tariq
Jan 5, 2024


What’s Missing on Manipur? A Kuki Student’s Perspective
People burned out of their homes in hundreds. Refugee camps raked with gunfire. Cities reduced to shards. Such headlines colour only the...
Noor Sabharwal & Lamkhogin Haokip
Dec 29, 2023


“Azadi, Ra Vali and March On” — The Public and Private Moorings of Dissent
हर ज़ोर ज़ुल्म की टक्कर में हड़ताल हमारा नारा है! At the face of any highhandedness, WE resist! तुमने माँगें ठुकराई हैं,...
Srijana Siri
Nov 20, 2023


On the Teach-in Series: An Inquiry into the Academic and the Political
Exploring the teach-ins’ meaning for Ashoka and the current academic and political climate, the negotiations demanded by these conversations
Sukriti Chawla
Sep 14, 2023


Protecting Our State Or The State: Decoding IB's Visit to Ashoka
On August 22nd, The Wire reported that the Intelligence Bureau (IB) visited Ashoka University to probe Professor Das’s already...
Srijana Siri
Sep 12, 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
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