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5 days ago

Ethical Capitalism: Examining The Tata Paradox

On 9th October 2024, at around 23:30, Ratan Tata breathed his last. Just as the news spread, the world stirred to a striking dichotomy

On Bhashavaad: Exchanges Between Indian Languages

Sanchit Toor and Noor Sabharwal

Aug 21

On Bhashavaad: Exchanges Between Indian Languages

Noor Sabharwal spoke to Sanchit Toor, project coordinator, Ashoka Centre for Translation ahead of Bhashavaad National Translation Conference

Bangladesh's Gen Z Youthquake: Why Student Activism is Necessary

Madiha Tariq

Aug 9

Bangladesh's Gen Z Youthquake: Why Student Activism is Necessary

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

Noor Sabharwal

Jul 23

In Defence Of Politics

As Ashokans, Indians, and citizens, our concentric circles all engulf us in different political realities.

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Guest Op-eds

The Narcissism of Neutrality

Ali Khan Mahmudabad

May 28

The Poverty of Philanthropy

Prachyadeep Dasgupta

Feb 11

And Yet It Moves: On Ashoka & Its Administrative Tyrants

Zainab Firdausi

Sep 8, 2023

Ashoka University’s Descent into Academic (un)Freedom

Ruhaan Shah

Aug 19, 2023

Interviews

Sanchit Toor and Noor Sabharwal

Aug 21

On Bhashavaad: Exchanges Between Indian Languages

Noor Sabharwal spoke to Sanchit Toor, project coordinator, Ashoka Centre for Translation ahead of Bhashavaad National Translation Conference

NTA, Indian Education, and the Ashoka SG: In Conversation with Insha Husain

Vishnu Prakash

Jul 14

NTA, Indian Education, and the Ashoka SG: In Conversation with Insha Husain

Editor-in-Chief, Vishnu Prakash talks to undergraduate councillor, Insha Husain about the student protests against National Testing Agency

What’s Missing on Manipur? A Kuki Student’s Perspective

Noor Sabharwal & Lamkhogin Haokip

Dec 29, 2023

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...

Staff op-eds

Madiha Tariq

Aug 9

Bangladesh's Gen Z Youthquake: Why Student Activism is Necessary

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

Noor Sabharwal

Jul 23

In Defence Of Politics

As Ashokans, Indians, and citizens, our concentric circles all engulf us in different political realities.

Of a few, for a few: Are even our best universities failing us?

Madiha Tariq

Jul 15

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

Spotify-Sanctioned Silencing: The Corporatization and Debasement of The Spirit of Music

Teesha Aurora

Jun 28

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

Illustrations

Anandi Gupta

5 days ago

"Ethical Capitalism": The Tata Paradox

Srijoni Sengupta

Jun 22, 2020

‘Ashoka Blues’

Aniket Sharma

Jun 15, 2020

Mine’cry’ft

Sadhvi Dash

Nov 20, 2019

“Free Hickeys”

The dict

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