Jamia Journal wishes all its readers a Happy and Wonderful Eid!

Though it is considered cliché for women to write about domestic and married life, to paint it with the colors of brutal honesty is how Shobha De stands out.

Shashi Tharoor landed into trouble just because of a message posted on Twitter in which he sarcastically responded to a question that he would travel “cattle class out of solidarity with all our holy cows!” he had to clarify that it meant no disrespect to economy travelers but to airlines for herding people in like cattle and holy cows are ...

Democracy vs. Democracy is a rare event. In the heat of the moment, it could be said that “it happens only in India!” Corruption, in this country, is so understandable that it does not need a definition. But what it so publicly seems to need is an autonomous body punishing it. From the storm of 2G scams and Commonwealth Games ...

Whatever maybe the claims of Delhi Police, or of any authority for that matter, sexual harassment, or as it is euphemistically called “Eve Teasing,” and other crimes against the fairer sex, is nowhere near the low mark on any scale. Let us have a look at the data. According to the Delhi Police website, there have been 489 rapes and ...

Maybe baby someday some way I could love you more than words can say I could get you, I could touch you after all you are not that far away. You are my thirst, you are my greed you are my drug and I am in need. please be my life for the life Every moment without you is more ...

The following pictures were taken at the Anna Hazare's protest against corruption at the Ramlila Ground in New Delhi, on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011.

As reported earlier on Aug. 17, the Outreach Programme in collaboration with the Youth Empowerment Services (YES!), organized a three-day community development initiative called ‘Give & Take Books’ on campus on Aug. 17, 18 and 23.   Following their book collection drives on Aug. 17 and 18 — today, Tuesday, Aug. 23, a big stall was erected near the Maulana ...

“Who is it that can tell me who I am?”  ~~ William Shakespeare, King Lear, 1.4.230 My father gave me a name, rather labeled me with my identity, as soon as I was born. It remained my identity, but not for very long. The meaning of it changed when I read the line “what’s in a name?” by Shakespeare. It ...

I once read somewhere, ‘Bricks and stones only break bones, but words can shatter the soul.’ I’ve always thought of myself as the non-aggressive kind. Bricks and stones? Never. But my words, or the words of those around me — who knows how much of an effect they can have on people? This brings me to the issue of ragging. ...