by Rutuparna Deshpande UG’23 It is truly a remarkable feat that this University has made me believe, numerous times in the past year, that we’re all side characters in an idiot plot. If you’re not familiar, an ‘idiot plot’ is where the central conflict is entirely due to the obliviousness of its characters—a conflict that… Keep Reading
By Agnidh Ghosh (UG ’23) Ashoka inducted its largest and most diverse batch of undergraduate students in the institution’s history this academic year. Many incoming students left offers from prestigious public universities, to join what promised to be the most liberal and inclusive university in the country. However, the batch of 2023 was in for… Keep Reading
By Saadia Peerzada, UG’22 Friendships are derived from a mutual adoration of each other’s company. The strings of pleasure and obligation that crop up in romantic relationships and family are hardly a factor. It finds one of its best expressions in university where young people live around and with each other. From needing support systems… Keep Reading
By Devansh Mittal (UG ’24) On September 9, the Union Minister of Education released the sixth edition of the National Institute of Ranking Framework (NIRF) Rankings 2021 in which Ashoka University was placed at the 95th rank in the ‘University’ category and in the Rank-Band: 101-150 in the ‘Overall’ category. IIT Madras bagged the first… Keep Reading
by Aggam Walia Responding to a student who participated in the email spam on Tuesday, Sanjeev Bikhchandani wrote that “Founders have nothing to do with day to day operations of the university.” He added that there is now a firewall in place between the Founders and the students and faculty as a result of the… Keep Reading
by Sankalp Dasmohapatra and Navya Asopa On 9th November, the student community at Ashoka staged a protest in solidarity with the workers, who continue to face several issues including coerced transfers. Previously, protests fighting for workers’ rights have taken place both on-campus and online through social media posts and email spam. The Ashokan community present… Keep Reading
by Newsdesk Staff Quess Corp, Ashoka University’s contractual partner in the employment of the housekeeping staff, came under fire last December when disgruntled contractual workers at an Apple factory in Bangalore went on a violent strike. An official labour audit found that Quess, along with two other workforce providers, violated a number of labour laws… Keep Reading
By Amiya Kumar, UG22 People across the country sit glued to their televisions, regardless of the fact that they aren’t avid sports fans, praying for the athletes’ success, who otherwise go unnoticed. Unfortunately, this fervor is short-lived due to a recurring trend – the substandard and abysmal performance of Indian sportspeople at International sporting events.… Keep Reading
by Sankalp Dasmohapatra (UG’24) and Vishnu Prakash (UG’24) On October 9th, six new members were elected to the House of Representatives in far from convincing fashion, with there being more NOTA votes than votes for all the candidates combined. The legitimacy of these elections is further brought into question when one accounts for the fact… Keep Reading
by Vedaansh Uberoi (UG ’23) Note: This article is a summarization of the information that was available in the public domain. On October 20th, the Dean of Student Affairs sent out a residence life notification restoring the movement of students between Residence Halls (in accordance with the existing residence life policies), or in other words,… Keep Reading