The Ashoka Alumni Association (AAA) Elections are back this year. The first elections for the Alumni association were held in 2015. This time, the first batch of Ashoka undergraduates, who are now officially considered alumni, will also be participating in the elections. The Student Government set up an Alumni Relations Ministry recently, being lead by… Keep Reading
Gahena Gambani and Rochak Jain, Class of 2020 Professor Aparajita Dasgupta had been a science student throughout school. Choosing to study Economics was a gamble that paid off — something that the risk-taker in her is proud of in retrospect. While nobody can deny her love and passion for economics, the fact that there aren’t many universities… Keep Reading
Smriti Agiwal, Class of 2019 “Yes. Yes. Yes,” said Professor Bhattacharjee, when I asked her if she always wanted to teach. “I love teaching. The best thing about my profession is that my time is my own and I can use it the way I like. There is a lot of flexibility and freedom. I… Keep Reading
Shashank Mattoo, Class of 2020 In 2016, The Oxford University Press’ Children’s Word of the year was “Refugee.” Oxford’s choice served to demonstrate just how much the refugee crisis had captured the consciousness of the global media and citizenry, ever since their plight was highlighted against the backdrop of the Syrian civil war in 2015.… Keep Reading
Aashay Verma, Class of 2019 (This was originally published in January 2017) Flying is the safest mode of transport. According to The New York Times, a traveller could fly everyday for 123,000 years and still be safe. In India, air travel is gaining popularity, with 300 Million people in the middle class that can afford… Keep Reading
By Ragini Chatterjee, Class of 2020 Winner of Edict’s Illustration Competition 2.0 Keep Reading
Himali Thakur, Class of 2019 Reading for pleasure is a myth for most of us at Ashoka. It’s sad to see our reading habits slide into oblivion as classes assault us with a never-ending stream of papers and assignments. To save the voracious reader in you, The Edict brings the Speed Reads Series — stories handpicked to… Keep Reading
By Ketaki Mathur (Class of 2020), Sakshi Agarwal (Class of 2020) and Arushi Jain (Class of 2018) Keep Reading
Ishaan Banerji, Class of 2019 Our team consisted of Rajyavardhan Singh, Jonathan Fernandes, Rahul Menon and me, Divij Singh, on Men’s Rifles. Vidur Singh, Shreshth Budhiraja and Sanchit Goel were on Men’s Pistols. Trisha Mukherjee, Vatsala Peshawaria were on Women’s Rifles, and Kriti Jain was on Women’s Pistol, and last but not least, Kashika Gokhale,… Keep Reading
Ishaan Banerji, Class of 2019 Over the last weekend, Ashoka Hammerheads, the Ultimate Frisbee team, participated in a national tournament in Surat, called Surat Ultimate Open, one of the four tournaments of the year-long UPAI(Ultimate Players’ Association of India) tour. The tournament was conducted on the 17th, 18th and 19th of November, at Fountainhead School… Keep Reading