Bruised knees and Stumbling bodies: Lack of performing spaces in Ashoka
By Siri (UG25) It’s the Annual Production Fortnight (APF) season and performing arts societies and clubs are busy with practices and...
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- Apr 12
The Castelessness of Ashoka
By Rohan (UG23) Author’s note: this piece is written by the author in full cognisance of their position as someone possessing caste...
The Edict
- Apr 3
A Very Frustrated Obituary For My ID-Card
By Siddharth (UG '24) My ID card is like a boomerang: I lose it and it comes swinging back to me in the pockets of my pants, two weeks...
The Edict
- Mar 30
A Drying Knowledge Well: Academic Events and Why They Fail
By Kshitiz Shah (UG24) From 13th to 18th February Ashoka hosted the Nepal-based collective Film SouthAsia, held an interaction at the...
The Edict
- Mar 29
What’s the end to Ashoka’s Moral laziness?
By Rutuparna Deshpande (UG23) Okay, I’ve tried–but there is no way of saying this without sounding at least mildly, if not annoyingly,...
The Edict
- Feb 26
The Ashokan Culture of Contradictions: A Naïve Freshman's Take on Ashoka.
By Debadrito Poddar (UG ‘25) It wasn't the first time I had seen the now ex-Vice Chancellor, Dr. Malabika Sarkar, up close in my short...
The Edict
- Feb 19
You know what I am talking about: Our stomach’s guilty conscience
By Siri Murthy UG25 Mid-semester and end semester is the most dreaded time for students in any educational institution. Exam stress,...
The Edict
- Feb 19
Sports Entertainment Is a Vehicle for Change. Except at Ashoka
By Harigovind S UG'24 A recent survey carried out by The Edict suggests that 74.8% of Ashokans prefer to have the streaming restrictions...
The Edict
- Dec 3, 2022
Fear and Trembling: Ashoka and its Many, Many Epidemics
By Siya Sharma (UG ‘23) As the second half of our much beloved, smog-choked monsoon smog typhoon of a monsoon semester rears its ugly...
The Edict
- Nov 9, 2022
Young, Living & Breathing: The demise of the SR
By Soham Dey (UG ‘23) A few weeks ago, Professor Orijit Sen, the author of what is recognized as India’s first graphic novel, had come to...
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