Ishaan Banerji, Batch of 2019 Ashoka University will be hosting India’s first ever National College Ultimate Championships this weekend(10th and 11th February). Five college teams from across India, along with two Ashokan teams, will congregate to compete for the title of the country’s best college Ultimate team. Ashoka’s Ultimate Frisbee Team — The Hammerheads (Source: Facebook) The… Keep Reading
Varisha Tariq, Class of 2019 Advice I would have given to my mother on her wedding dayoneyou are allowed to say no — Rupi Kaur I sit in the auditorium, waiting for her to arrive. The show is officially running late, so I switch on my phone to distract myself. I am in Delhi’s Kamani… Keep Reading
Aashay Verma, Class of 2019 (Author’s note: I understand how this can be problematic, a man writing on women’s representation, but having crunched all the Ashoka-related data I’m going to use in this article myself, I felt only I could best articulate what I wanted to convey with it) The issue of women’s representation in… Keep Reading
Manasi Rao, Batch of 2018 This article is not meant to further engage in the controversy of April 2017, nor to malign the current and former Ashoka University Election Commission (AUEC), The Edict, or any other individual. It is meant solely to provide an accurate, complete, and respectful narrative of the series of events that… Keep Reading
As voting day draws closer, recent developments have quickly changed the political landscape. Manini Menon, Batch of 2019 Last night, in a surprising turn of events, the student body received an email stating Dhamma’s decision to no longer contest in the upcoming elections. The reasons they cite in their email may be summed up hence: (i)… Keep Reading
Himali Thakur, Class of 2019 Padmaavat has been embroiled in a very public controversy for nearly a year now. Several groups, including the right-wing Karni Sena, claimed that it hurt the sentiments of the Rajputs: the movie was an inaccurate and damaging portrayal of Rani Padmavati, the protagonist of Bhansali’s film. From threats to the… Keep Reading
Jyoti S. Nayak and Rohan Parikh, Batch of 2019 Nineteenth-century painting by Philipp Foltz depicting the Athenian politician Pericles delivering his famous funeral oration in front of the Assembly (Source: Wikimedia Commons) On 14th February, our university will enter into its 3rd annual celebration: the spectacle of democracy. From a pool of 1,100-odd students, we… Keep Reading
Financial aid can no longer be revoked on the basis of a student’s CGPA. Kartik Sundar, Class of 2020 After lengthy debate and conversation, the Ashoka administration met with the Student Government on Jan 31 and decided to remove the clause which stated that financial aid could be revoked if a student did not maintain… Keep Reading
Taking a look at one of the greatest players in basketball history and his revolution of the game we love. Avneesh Garimella, Batch of 2019 Bill Russell dominating with his blocking skills Bill Russell is definitely one of the greatest players to have played in the NBA. After all, the NBA Final’s MVP trophy cannot be named… Keep Reading
Nivedita Salar, Class of 2019 The Ashoka Art Gallery is currently running Myopic Miniatures, an exhibition of paintings by Priyanka Muniyappa (YIF 2018). The exhibition is a visual study of the plethora of insects found in and around Ashoka. The inauguration took place on Tuesday, 23rd January. It was an immersive audio-visual experience, where people… Keep Reading