Centre for Writing and Communication (CWC)

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March 31st is celebrated as the International Transgender Day of Visibility.  To honour trans* resilience, and while standing in solidarity with transgender persons, groups and identities, we offer a curated list of books, films and IG pages. #transdayofvisibility (1/3)

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Gender is still a battleground, one of the fiercest we have. The fight over what it means decides whose pain counts as oppression, who gets a place in liberation struggles, and which futures we dare to want.

Honouring the women who built South Asian theatre—artists who dared to challenge, create, and inspire. #theatreday #womenintheatre

This Shaheed Diwas, we look at two contemporary films that reclaim the pervasive and relevant nature of sacrifice and rebellion. Reply to share your film recommendations for the day!

Wonderful day to celebrate. Recently recited two poems of Jibananda Das after a long time in Ashoka YouTube shelf pick, thanks to the initiative of Kanika and CWC . youtube.com/watch?v=SUprGV… Poetry gives me a reason to live, need to continue @AshokaUniv @iiserkol @GlobalAshoka

Our next workshop, intended as a nuts-and-bolts primer to dissecting the poetics of rap for beginners and geeks alike, will help participants ‘read’ the intelligence of rap lyrics. Do join us! Registration Link forms.gle/GKE1ga99HoMdv1…

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We reimagined which books these popular movie characters would like to read. Reply with your thoughts! #WomensHistoryMonth (1/4)

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CWC member Sonakshi Srivastava received the Bedford/St. Martin’s WIS Fellowship and led “Meme Matters” at Marquette’s Writing Innovation Symposium.

This workshop by the Centre of Writing and Communication introduces students to academic synthesis, a method that builds transferable skills to actively process multiple texts in tandem, and substantiate their argument. Register here: forms.gle/t7cqeB7MXqkf8L…

"AI’s educational value depends entirely on the depth of human engagement." Curious about how this works in practice? Read our blog post to know more. Link: ashoka.edu.in/what-data-reve…

Your syllabus was not built by accident. Neither was the canon it drew from. On 8 March, we're marking International Women's Day with a list of the texts that did the intellectual heavy lifting of feminist thought. Eight books. Eight arguments. All of them are still unfinished.