Recommendations from Prof. Clancy Martin, Prof. Madhavi Menon and Prof. Arghya Bhattacharya We hope you have had a chance to devour the content recommendations from our first article in this series, which has contributions from Prof. Rudrangshu Mukherjee, Prof. Bikram Phukoon and Prof. Gilles Vernier. For part two, we bring recommendations from our professors in… Keep Reading
Yash Budhwar, Founding Undergraduate Batch When I graduated from Ashoka University just over a year ago, I was looking forward to my very first professional full-time working experience. Armed with a diverse group of knowledge sets, I felt ready to take on the world. The jolt that I received when I started working, though, told… Keep Reading
The Ashoka Alumni Weekend, an event where alumni from Ashoka’s undergraduate, YIF, MLS programmes will come together to party and network, is taking place on campus this weekend (from 1st to 3rd June). Here are some of the events being organized to make this Weekender fun and rewarding for alumni from the undergraduate and fellowship… Keep Reading
Himali Thakur, Class of 2019 The battle for equality has been, and looks like it will be, difficult for transgender people for a while in India. Society attaches social taboos to transgenders, and there is no shortage about the myths of sex work around them. Despite recent initiatives that are trying to help the cause… Keep Reading
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Rohit Nair, Class of 2019 The Creators is a fortnightly series of artist profiles of Ashokans who are actively involved in different creative fields including music, photography, creative writing, and visual or performing arts. Vaishnavi Agarwal is an ASP student, with a major in Economics and a concentration in Visual Arts. Apart from Economics, which… Keep Reading
Kanishk Devgan, Class of 2020 It’s Thursday night at Ashoka University: half the campus is partying before finals week, while the other half savours a rare delicacy — sleep. There is, however, a group of students who are wide-awake, full of energy and, most surprisingly, sober. Under the leadership of Arpit Kumbhat, co-founder of Kirdaar, this group… Keep Reading
The Bastion has filmed a video essay on the state of sanitation in villages in Haryana, with a special focus on villages surrounding universities in the region. Find below the republished article from Team Bastion: “In our next video, we look at the pertinent open drainage issue which exists in the villages of Haryana. Despite… Keep Reading
Professors Gilles Verniers, Bikram Phookun and Rudrangshu Mukherjee curate the first list in the series. Summer breaks at Ashoka are long and this is The Edict’s initiative to help curate a list of book, movie and TV shows recommended by Professors to read and binge on. This list hopes to put those without an internship out… Keep Reading
Varun Venkatesh, Class of 2020 The eventual champions, Team 4Play Two days of (almost) exhilarating action and a nail biting ending. In fact, it the nail biting was so intense, people forgot about the football. Last weekend’s APL started off with great intensity. Gabru vs Team 4 Play was the first match, and after an exciting… Keep Reading