Niharika Ghosh

Saturday, 10th October marked Mahalaya— the day that heralds the approach of Durga Pujo, Bengal’s great autumn festival commemorating the invocation of Goddess Durga before her victory over the demon Mahishasura. I watched Delhi turn itself into a hunting ground for protestors. I left campus to stand in solidarity with those demanding the Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation. The protests were called after irregularities, voter disenfranchisement, and more in the Election...

Niharika Ghosh (UG '29) writes on the recent SG elections which were marked by last-minute changes and left the university without an elected student government. She argues that the failure to elect a government is a result of more than merely political apathy.

By the end of my second week at Ashoka, I had learned two things: where my classes were and that my batch was already being judged for not showing up. The lack of participation in the Workers’ Protests early in Monsoon ‘25—and in other politically charged issues, including the Main Gate Infraction (MGI) policies and related campus debates—was read as indifference towards the broader Ashokan political sphere. But before attributing silence to apathy, it is necessary to examine the conditions...