How to create sustainable oceans when you eat seafood

Divya Karnad, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, on sustainable seafood practices and her initiative, InSeason Fish
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Telling Emotions – Ravana’s Philosophy of Art

Naresh Keerthi, Assistant Professor of Sanskrit Studies, writes about Kudiyattam an ancient form of Sanskrit theatre
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From Disillusionment to ‘Neuro-Nerdism’

Anubhab Bhattacharjee, ASP 2023, on his experience of an interdisciplinary education at Ashoka
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Communicating Science through Art

Members of the ArtiVerse Club write about using art to make concepts in science accessible
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Mathematics? What’s that?

Sourav Ghosh, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, on what makes math distinct from other branches of science
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Energy and Fundamental Research

Munmun Ghosh, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, writes about research that explores ways to create alternative sources of energy
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Finding Medieval Women Online

Alexandra Verini, Assistant Professor of English, on her digital project ‘Early Modern Women Writers’
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Learning to Teach, Teaching to Learn

Isha Singh, Undergraduate 2022, on her experience as a teaching assistant at Ashoka
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Waiting for Swaraj: Inner Lives of Indian Revolutionaries

Aparna Vaidik, Associate Professor of History, presents anecdotes from her latest book
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‘Prep-ing’ for a New Course

Bann Seng Tan, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations, writes on the process of drafting a new syllabus
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Bringing Education to All – Sarathi: The Guide

Mohit Kumar, Undergraduate 2022, on his project, Sarathi: The Guide, and his experience of being a Millenium Fellow
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Widowhood and Women’s Welfare in India

Bipasha Maity, Assistant Professor of Economics, discusses the relationship between widowhood and women’s access to welfare goods
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Post-Pandemic Mental Health in India

Simantini Ghosh, Assistant Professor of Psychology, discusses the impact of the pandemic on mental health
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Writing from Home

Janice Pariat, Assistant Professor of Creative Writing and Visual Arts, on writing amidst the pandemic
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From Performing to Studying the Arts

Sasikumar Panchu, Undergraduate 2022, writes about studying performing arts
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Yoknapatawpha along the Yamuna

Johannes Burgers, Professor of English, on navigating spatial ambiguities in fiction and the real world
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Translation(s) in Progress

Arunava Sinha, Professor of Practice in Creative Writing, on the works of translation by Ashoka students
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Friends in Unlikely Places

Vladyslava Savytska, YIF 2021, on finding a community at Ashoka
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Woman in the Field

Swargajyoti Gohain, Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, writes about her experiences as a woman conducting field work
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When Professional is Personal

Maya Mirchandani, Professor of Media Studies, on reporting during, and working through crises
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Finding a Home at Ashoka

Ayla Dhawan, Undergraduate 2022, on joining Ashoka as a mid-year transfer student
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Navigating Teaching and Research through a Global Pandemic

L.S. Shashidhara, Dean of Research and Professor of Biology, on his current research
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Seeing the World in a Grain of Sand

Geetanjali Singh Chanda, Professor of English, on teaching children’s literature
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Ashoka Goes Beyond the Classroom

Tanita Abraham, YIF 2014, on what went into the making of Beyond the Classroom
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Notes on Tea at the Dhaba

Clancy Martin, Professor of Philosophy, on God, Kalidasa, and the Ashoka Dhaba.
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Can Imaginative Writing be Taught?

Saikat Majumdar, Professor of English & Creative Writing, on the writing process.
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Lessons in Diversity

Kshirin Rao Eshwara, Undergraduate 2021, writes on her learnings from her roommate.
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When Ecology Meets History

Mahesh Rangarajan, Professor of History and Environmental Studies, tells how nature’s past illumines our present
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Midsummer at Cambridge

Vighnesh Hampapura, Undergraduate 2020, writes on his summer experience at the University of Cambridge
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My First Steps into Research

Manasven Raina, Undergraduate 2020, talks about being an undergraduate researcher at Ashoka
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The Story of Asia

Nayan Chanda, Associate Professor of International Relations, looks back at a transformed Asia since the fall of Saigon
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Teaching, Mentoring, and Seeing

Raja Rosenhagen, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, discusses teaching and mentoring students as individuals
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How to Spell ‘Kalyani’

Kalyani Shukla, Undergraduate 2019, shares her journey of discovering and coping with Specific Learning Disability
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Q&A with Paula Johnson

Ashoka’s Vice-Chancellor Pratap Bhanu Mehta speaks to Wellesley President Paula Johnson
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Indian Civilisations in the Ashoka Curriculum

Kranti Saran, Associate Professor of Psychology, argues why we must study Indian texts
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A Tale of Three Refusals

Pratyay Nath, Associate Professor of History, tells a story about the Mughal Empire
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Ashweetha Shetty

Ashweetha’s parents rolled beedis for a living. The first time she accessed a computer was to apply for the YIF
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McPherlain Chungu

McPherlain grew up as a weak child in a patriarchal society. He felt alienated in his own community
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Shabana Hashimi

Shabana faced many hardships as her father worked as a security guard to support a large family
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The biology of ageing

Imroze Khan, Professor of Biology on what makes human beings age
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Celebrities and social behaviour

Do celebrity endorsements make a difference? Ashoka’s Centre for Social and Behaviour Change finds out
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Do you have The Force within you?

Karen O’Neill, YIF 2018, writes about ‘learning’ leadership from Dwight Jaggard
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Why Can’t NGOs be More Businesslike

Ingrid Srinath, Director, CSIP, says both businesses and NGOs have much to learn from each other
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The Right Way to Invest!

Shiv Puri, Founder, TVF Capital Advisors, writes why a liberal arts education is important in investing
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The Elephant of Public Works

Harshali Dalal, CMGGA, speaks of a digital solution that will reduce corruption in the Panchayati Raj Department in Haryana
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