Ashoka University was imagined as a space to challenge, question, and think freely. If that folds the moment it’s tested, then the real crisis isn’t just of academic freedom—but of conviction.
Trump’s move to bar international students from Harvard isn’t just policy—it’s an attack on academic freedom, diversity, and the soul of American higher education.
While administrative work, in general, has increased for teachers in higher educational institutions, this burden is also unfairly put on contractual workers.
In 2022, athletes claimed they were asked to wind up training early at Thyagraj Stadium so that the IAS couple could walk their dog. Then came the memes and public outrage.
Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance.
Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.
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