Ashoka’s student body is divided, and not by choice. What goes on to shape these choices lies within the institution, putting students at multiple ends — physically and figuratively — of this university.  Take, for example, the first weekend of the Workers’ Protest on the 30th and 31st August. Two striking scenes lay bare inside and outside the university space. While protesting students and workers  sat outside, waiting for the administration’s response on the demands set, a

Dheeraj Sanghi, the newly appointed Dean of Student Affairs, informed the student body that the Governing Body  mandated the revised policies on Residence Life  and Disciplinary Proceedings  on 12th August. The Board Trustees, a group of businessmen who regularly donate to the university, backed the updated policies. The Governing Body consists of seven business executive-founders, the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor, and the Secretary to the Government of Haryana, Department

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

On September 23rd, 2025, there was a protest at O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU), Sonipat, regarding persistent threats to women’s...