What is time? I don’t mean what the clock shows, but how do you define it? Tricky question isn’t it? Me and my friends were dumbstruck when our professor asked us to define time in one of our classes. After a lot of discussion some of us defined time as the “fourth dimension.” Others said it was a passage through ...

Eid Milad-un-Nabi or Barah Wafat is celebrated on the twelfth day of Rabi-ul-Awwal, the the third month of the Islamic calendar. It is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alihi Wassalam (SAW), peace and blessings be upon him. This day also happens to be the day he died. Muslims on this day celebrate the birth of ...

The student branch of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) at Jamia Millia Islamia held their annual techno-cultural festival, ENCOMIUM, on Jan. 29, 2011. The two day extravaganza was held in the Faculty of Engineering and Technology and saw a footfall count of over 5000 comprising of students, participants, and visitors. The festival was widely publicized in colleges all ...

In today’s time, money is of prime importance for anybody; especially for students. For a student like me who travels 30 odd kilometers every day to reach Jamia, it’s a prime concern. But in Jamia, I find that students don’t have any opportunity to become self-reliant; there is a lot of red-tape here. Because of this, students here don’t get ...

In the wake of the recent uprising in Egypt, the Nelson Mandela Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution (NMCPCR) hosted a panel discussion titled “Winds of Change in the Arab World” on Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. . The speakers at the program were professor Qamar Agha, a journalist and a former professor in the Center for West Asian Studies, JMI; ...

Students of Jamia were treated to a mesmerizing Sufiana Kalaam performed by a renowned musical artist, Ustad Zila Khan on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011. The event was organized by Jamia as part of the celebrations in memory of Dr. Zakir Hussain’s 114th birth anniversary. Khan is an Indian Sufi singer who sings both classical and semi-classical musical forms. She performs ...

On the 114 birth anniversary of Dr. Zakir Hussain on February 8, the Jamia Old Boys Association commemorated the day with a ceremonial recitation of the Holy Quran (Quran Khani) at his mausoleum on campus. Javed Alam, president of Jamia Old Boys Association, said in an interview that they hold a Quran Khani ceremony every year on Dr. Hussain’s birth ...

It was raining almost all night Sun rose in the morning, not so bright Usually in the morning I got on the bus Nothing alright in, just fuss and fuss. Traveled half an hour, I reached To the place where I teached. Got off the bus and kept walking Solitary way and my inner mind talking. Few moments after I ...

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, ...

Due to the global economic crisis and failure of the prevailing financial system of the world, economists, financial experts and industrialists around the world are looking at Islamic finance and the economic system with sheer optimism. Islamic financial system has turned a frequent discourse in most of the universities, research centers and debates in various western and European countries. Attractiveness ...