Madiha Tariq

In Memory of Andre Beteille I did not know Andre Beteille in the ordinary way one knows a teacher. I never took walks with him, shared coffee on a porch, or spoke to him across a desk, as many who are writing memoirs now have. I came to Ashoka University after his years here had passed. By then, he existed for me only as an inheritance of a name I had encountered in texts, and then found on a board in the administrative block at Ashoka. But I think that distance is fitting for Beteille’s...

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. 

Academia has turned into a flaccid, ailing body as academic freedom, accessibility and equity face a severe crisis.

Student demonstrations in Bangladesh began in June 2024 soon after the High Court decided to reinstate the Muktijoddha quota system 

The higher education space, both as a market and a phenomenon, is witnessing a period of exponential growth. Globally, higher education prov

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