By Ananya Gupta, Undergraduate Batch of 2022 This time last year, I had been fervently emailing the Outreach team and several Ashokan seniors back and forth, in attempts to gauge the academics, infrastructure and campus life of this unconventional and exciting University in Sonipat. It’s been a year for the batch of 2022 and our… Keep Reading
Kanishk Mukherjee, UG ’21 There are certain moments in sports which are forever etched in one’s memory. You remember everything you ate that day, what you wore, where you sat while watching the drama unfold. Maradona’s infamous hand of god goal against England in the 1986 FIFA World Cup; Kapil Dev lifting the Prudential Cup… Keep Reading
By Isa Ayidh, Undergraduate Batch of 2022 Netflix India attempts to yet again – failing with Guilty and Lust Stories – pass the Bechdel test with its new series: She, this time replacing Karan Johar with Imtiaz Ali. Ali doesn’t direct but scripts the story of a female constable, Bhumika Pardeshi (played by Aaditi Pohankar)… Keep Reading
By Rithika Abraham, Undergraduate Batch of 2020 It’s 11:45 am on a Thursday. As usual, I am ready for class 10 minutes in advance. My mind is never at peace unless I do everything early enough to give me time to panic and do it again. But I don’t have to walk all the way… Keep Reading
By Ashana Mathur, UG 2022. In the olden days, men would send smoke signals as an alert or warning for incoming danger. On 23rd February 2020, when the Gokalpuri tyre market was set aflame by Hindutva mobs, its fumes rose high enough to send the message far and wide; the pogrom had begun. As Muslim… Keep Reading
By Devika Jamkhedkar, Undergraduate batch of 2021 As the COVID 19 sweeps across the world at a frustratingly smooth pace, it was not long until the frenzy penetrated the so very compact Ashokan bubble. You heard about it on the news and you scrolled past the online debates. College is out and we’re now living… Keep Reading
By Isa Ayidh, Undergraduate Batch of 2022 True to its title, Dharmatic’s – the digital arm of Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions – first production makes the viewer guilty of their conditioning. Guilty, an addition to India’s scarce #MeToo narratives, attempts to tackle rape culture in a college St Martins situated in Delhi, the rape capital.… Keep Reading
By Kanan Gupta, ASP batch of 2020 दिल्ली कहाँ गईं तेरे कूचों की रौनकेंगलियों से सिर झुका के गुज़रने लगा हूँ मैं – जाँ निसार अख़्तर (Delhi, where is your magnificence lost. I hang my head now when passing through streets)Jaan Nisaar Akhtar On the afternoon of February 23, a friend texted me, asking me… Keep Reading
Anushka Bidani, Undergraduate 2022 The ACSS auction was like a big, fat Punjabi wedding: bearded men were strutting around in kurtas and ill-fitting suits, while money was being thrown like confetti at the show on the stage. The auctioneer, Dhrupad Damani, constantly reiterated that “It’s fake money guys, you can bet whatever you want and… Keep Reading
By Devika Goswami, Undergraduate Batch of 2022 Illustration Credits- Tanisha Singh (UG 2022) The mic is picked up at the far-end of the table, and everyone knows this will take a while. The same passionate oration strewn in with incomprehensibly abstract plans. Wait, the mic is being passed down. Hushed murmurs are quickly subsiding. Some… Keep Reading