Last month, lining up almost perfectly with its 1 year release anniversary, Laapataa Ladies won a staggering 10 awards at the International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA). As big fans of the film, we...

For the third consecutive year, India hosted the Lollapalooza Music Festival, welcoming numerous global artists for the first time, including Señorita singer Shawn Mendes and legendary rock band Green...

Society should crumble. Our leaders must be put to the sword. This is the start of every modern online manifesto. Whether it is the CEO assassin heartthrob Luigi Mangione or the Columbine shootings,...

My house smells like curry. As an Indian-American who grew up in New Jersey, I am painfully aware of the stereotypes many Americans hold about Indians. Laura Loomer, a far-right figure and Trump supporter,...

“Is it live yet?”,  “I have BookMyShow open on 10 laptops, 3 phones, an apple watch, my neighbours TV, and a Samsung refrigerator”, “Bhai, mere aage das lakh log hain!” These were...

Inaya Merchant, a student in the 10th grade here at Ascend, picked up the violin for the first time 6 years ago, and what followed was years of developing her passion, one she could use to give back to...

At the start of the academic year, Dheer Jain and Aarez Zaidi, two DP1 students, began their journey of founding and running a football academy-- Dribble Dreamers. What started off simply as a way to meet...

From doing much of ourupper MYP in online school, to being the first Ascend batch to give the E-assessments, and now finally graduating together, we, the class of 2024 have finally reached the very end...

The Oscars have long masqueraded as the most prestigious event in Hollywood, awards handed to the best, only the best films of the year. But uh... not really. Everybody knows by now that the movies that...