[Following report is by Mahtab Alam, on behalf of Jamia Teachers Solidarity Association (JTSA). Photos and audio recording, however, are by Jamia Journal] The crisis in the Indian judicial system is self-evident. The fact that the Supreme Court is forced repeatedly to constitute Special Investigation Teams (SITs) is an admission by the court that the present machinery is complicit and ...

[Following is an official Jamia press release dated Nov. 28, 2013] Jamia Millia Islamia held its Annual Convocation today [Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013] at 3.30 PM in the Lawns of Dr. M.A. Ansari Auditorium, Jamia Millia Islamia. The university also streamed a video of the proceedings of the Convocation live on the Jamia’s website www.jmi.ac.in for those who could not ...

The Afghanistan Studies Centre of the Academy of International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) organized a lecture on Health and Education in Afghanistan at the Conference Room, Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research, JMI on Thursday, 21 November, 2013. The lecture was delivered by Dr. Ghulam Dastagir Sayed, an Afghan national working for the World Bank in Kabul. ...

[Following is an official Jamia press release dated Nov. 25, 2013] A unique cycle rally reached Jamia Millia Islamia on November 25, 2013 at 3.30 PM after covering a distance of approximately 1121 kms from Srinagar (Jammu & Kashmir), through Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Union Territory of Chandigarh, to Delhi spreading the message of providing a safe and secure ...

[Following is a message from “The Origin”, an NGO running the “Teach to Construct” literacy campaign in Jamia.] India since independence is in continuous effort to eradicate poverty from the country, and yet after more than sixty years of independence, we observe mass illiteracy in our country. In order to eradicate illiteracy from India, we not only need governmental efforts ...

[Text and photographs by Kashish Rahman (2015), Center for Management Studies, JMI] The Centre for Management Studies (CMS) hosted their Annual Alumni Meet dubbed “Milaap” on Sunday, 17th November 2013. The event was attended by a a great number of  former and current students of CMS, along with faculty members. Mr. Abad Ahmad, Chair Professor, CMS, Mr. Rihan Khan Suri, ...

[Following is an official Jamia press release dated Nov. 21, 2013] Smt. Brinda Karat delivered Valedictory Address to the participants of Orientation Course for College & University faculty organized by the Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia Speaking at the valedictory function of the orientation program for collage and university teachers at the UGC – Academic Staff College at Jamia ...

A two-day national seminar on “Making Democratic Governance Work: Reinventing Public Delivery Systems in India” was organized by the Department of Political Science at the FTK-CIT seminar hall on 5th and 6th of November, 2013. Delegates and participants from various universities across India and other countries presented their papers highlighting the current paradigms in the discourse. In his inaugural speech, ...

“If dust had an alphabet, I would learn.” — Aga Shahid Ali Erelong, descrying a golden blush When soft orange rays Of an evening sun Melding with gentle twilight blue Bathed the distant creek Into a crimson hue And we gathered the smearing sun As one In our solemn eyes Yet today, in a scornful guise Akin to a weary ...

[Following is a press release from the Subject Association, Department of Social Work, JMI] Identify the issue, enrich your understanding, mobilize the people and take action on the issue is the theoretical approach to social activism; however, presently a different and an exemplary approach of social action is being taken by a social activist by the name of Jazeera V.M. ...