The Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace & Conflict Resolution (NMCPCR) organised a two-day national conference on “Central India: Towards Conflict Resolution” at the Mir Taqi Mir Building on Wednesday, Sept. 26, and at the Edward Said Hall on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. Guest speakers on Day 1 included K Srinivas Reddy of  The Hindu; Dr PV Ramana, Institute for Defense ...

(Following is a Jamia press release dated Oct.1, 2012, received on Sept 28.)  In the wake of disturbing trends in terms of violence including terrorism across and within nation states & the recent conflagration in Assam and the countrywide repercussions, the need for a sensitized democratic society to play a positive role in facing the new challenges and channelizing creative ...

(Following is a Jamia Press release dated Sept 28, 2012)  Jamia Millia Islamia sets yet another milestone in its academic programme. It introduces Credit Transfer System at the Post Graduate level across faculties/departments/centres. Credit Transfer System entails that the students can opt for courses at the postgraduate level cutting across disciplines and faculties, which will bring greater diversity and flexibility ...

(Following is a Jamia press release dated Sept 27, 2012)  The Faculty of Dentistry, Jamia Millia Islamia celebrated International Day of the Girl Child on September 24, 2012 by organizing various activities throughout the day. On this occasion, a Dental Check-up and Treatment Camp for school girls was conducted and a Girl Child Awareness Booth to educate the patients about ...

(Following is a Jamia press release dated Sept 27, 2012) Meira Kumar, Hon’ble Speaker of Lok Sabha, will be in Jamia Millia Islamia on September 28, 2012 As part of her visit to the University, she will release the First Annual Digest “ARMUGHAN” published by the Department of Urdu, Jamia Millia Islamia and she will also inaugurate the recently constructed ...

Last November in 2011, my classmate Irshad, who is an alumnus of Aligarh University,  told me of his plan to go for the annual day celebrations, also called Sir Syed Day, at Aligarh University. He asked if I wanted to come along, to which  I readily agreed. We decided to go to Aligarh in the morning of November 8th. I ...

[Following is a Jamia press release dated Sept 26, 2012] The University Grants Commission (UGC)-Central Asia Studies Programme, Academy of International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia is going to organize a Talk on “Silk Road: The Post-Cold War Context” by Dr. Sreemati Ganguli. The Talk shall be chaired by Dr. Meena Singh Roy. Sreemati Ganguli is a Visiting Fellow in the Institute of Foreign ...

[Following is a Jamia press release dated Sept 26, 2012] Dr. Zakir Husain Library, Jamia Millia Islamia is organizing a Book Exhibition (for all subjects). Mr. Najeeb Jung, Vice-Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia will inaugurate the exhibition on September 27, 2012 at 10 AM. The exhibition will be held in the Reading Hall, Ground Floor, Old Library Building, Dr. Zakir Husain ...

[Following is a Jamia press release dated Sept 26, 2012] Dr. K.R. Narayanan Centre for Dalit & Minorities Studies,  Jamia Millia Islamia, under its B.R. Ambedkar Memorial Lecture Series, is going to organize a lecture on “Agrarian Crisis and the Outliers of the Neoliberal Regime” by Dr. Vijoo Krishnan, Joint Secretary, All India Kisan Sabha. Dr. Vijo Krishnan has completed his Ph.D. from ...

Conflict is brutality. It disjoints the happy-living from people and pushes them into a life which has nothing to offer them except the memories, bursting at its seams with trauma, trepidation and loss. It mars all hopes of living. It mashes down the dearest dreams to ashes. Conflict is death. Death of existence; death of conscience; and death of life. ...