Lifestyle

On a Thursday late afternoon on campus, I spotted three foreign students sitting on a bench at the Nehru guest house lawn with books in their hands enjoying their day. Curious to find out who they were, I simply went up to them and asked. . It turns out, the three girls: Kim-Ida, Jessica and Stefani, are exchange students from ...

On the occasion of Propose Day, Feb. 8, the second day of Valentine week: students were seen observing the day by “proposing” their love to their girlfriends or boyfriends on campus. In one such instance, Devraj (Not a Jamia student) proposed his love to his longtime girlfriend: Lalita, a postgraduate student in the department of political science. In the afternoon, ...

Directed by: Danny Boyle Starring: James Franco. Music by: A.R. Rahman Genre: Drama/Adventure My Rating: 3/5 “127 Hours” is my second Danny Boyle movie. However, that does not mean “Slumdog Millionaire” was my first Boyle movie; rather it was “28 Days Later.” And one of the reasons for not watching “Slumdog Millionaire” was “28 Days Later.” So you can imagine ...

Directed By: Kiran Rao Cast: Prateik Babbar (Munna), Monica Dogra (Shai), Kriti Malhotra (Yasmin), Aamir Khan (Arun). Genre: Drama Critic Rating – 3/5 Kiran Rao’s (a Jamia alumna) debut movie “Dhobi Ghat,” is more of a documentary film than a typical Bollywood flick as the film deals with aspects of reality. Reality of hardships in different phases of life. The ...