Student-built app, conceived by Aishwarya Sunaad during her time at Ashoka University, was launched this month in Nanjangud, Karnataka. It gives citizens direct access to civic officials.
‘It's been five years that we have been asking for a hike. What we received was Rs 200-300,’ said Jitender Singh Kataria, one of the housekeeping workers.
A 2-judge SC bench pulled up the SIT after being informed that, in addition to seizing Ali Khan Mahmudabad's devices, it had questioned the professor over his foreign trips.
The special drive by the university in Sonepat is exclusively for students who either hold admission offers from US-based educational institutions or are currently enrolled in one.
Surely, Ashoka University shouldn’t meddle with the legal processes. But making sure that Prof Ali Khan Mahmudabad gets legal support doesn’t mean the institution supports his views.
Funding challenges are understandable. It takes effort to raise funds for a university. But one must ask: how much money is really traded off when a few academics stand by principle?
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.
An alumnus of Ashoka University wrote to Sanjeev Bikhchandani, criticising the institution for its lack of moral courage in not supporting Prof Ali Khan Mahmudabad. Here's the founder's response to the alumnus, shared in an internal mailing list.
Khan, a Cambridge alumnus, was arrested over social media posts on Operation Sindoor and press briefings by Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh.
As much as I loved seeing Miley Cyrus walk into the closet of my dreams in the Hannah Montana reunion, I hate that the anniversary special didn’t tell me what my favourite pop star is doing 20 years later.
The system was to delivered in March but will now reach the Indian shores by May, or June. The fifth S-400 will be delivered in the last quarter of this year.
No wonder the editorial board at ThePrint is gloating over the dismissal of charges against the notorious Ali Khan Mahmudabad. They know well enough the game this professor is playing – as they themselves play the same game. It’s just that the domains are different – the tactics and ideology remains the same. One plays the game in the domain of academics and social sciences while the other plays it in the media industry.
Also, how cleverly they roped in Ashoka’s name to drag the university through this unwanted conflict. In their hearts, the editorial team at ThePrint would love this to be a fight between the Haryana govt and the Ashoka University. They would salivate at the very prospect of such a slinging match.
No wonder the editorial board at ThePrint is gloating over the dismissal of charges against the notorious Ali Khan Mahmudabad. They know well enough the game this professor is playing – as they themselves play the same game. It’s just that the domains are different – the tactics and ideology remains the same. One plays the game in the domain of academics and social sciences while the other plays it in the media industry.
Also, how cleverly they roped in Ashoka’s name to drag the university through this unwanted conflict. In their hearts, the editorial team at ThePrint would love this to be a fight between the Haryana govt and the Ashoka University. They would salivate at the very prospect of such a slinging match.