Monthly Archives: August 2011

OPINION: Jamia’s Beautification at the Cost of its Quality of Education

Jamia Millia Islamia, being a central university and situated in New Delhi, the capital city of India, has gained a lot of repute and grown up to emulate some of the best educational institutions in the country. Its location apparently, makes a difference, because many central universities in India despite offering a plethora of courses and being grandiose in size ...

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POETRY: God is Busy

I have seen the the cobwebs, swinging in the sunbeams, deceiving my eyes, turning into small fishes, huddling in water. I have seen the sky, in moonless nights, divided into patches, showing the unseen, a desert neighboring a bog. Now, I believe my eyes, recognizing the process, a never ending one. God is busy with the brush.

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OPINION: The Scoreboard of Life and Death

They say the thing that doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger. So, maybe I can’t say I am strong yet. Because the scoreboard of my near-death experiences is: Zero. Zilch! My best friend used to go for her evening walks in the park with her next-door neighbor, a girl older to her by a year or two. I knew almost ...

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Center for North-East Studies Organizes a Photo Exhibit on the People of North-East

The Center for North-East Studies organized a photo exhibition titled ‘Unheard Voices’ by Kausiki Sarma at the M.F. Hussain Art Gallery, on Monday, August 1, 2011. At the inauguration of the exhibition, Prof. Sanjoy Hazarika, director for the Center for North-East Studies, introduced the artist and her work, and also wished her more success in life. It was followed by ...

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Outreach Programme Holds a Book Donation Drive on Campus

The Outreach Programme, Jamia Millia Islamia, in collaboration with the Youth Empowerment Services (YES) organized a book donation drive called ‘Give & Take Books’ on campus, Wednesday, Aug. 17,  2011. Three book collection stalls were set up on campus at the following locations: at the Maulana Azad gate on the main campus, at the Faculty of Humanities and Languages, and ...

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‘Give and Take Books’: A Jamia Run Book Donation Drive for the Needy

[Note: Following is an official Jamia Press Release.] The Outreach Programme, Jamia Millia Islamia in collaboration with Youth Empowerment Services is going to organize a community development initiative called ‘Give & Take Books’ in the coming week on the university campus. The objective of the programme is to generate the spirit of giving and sharing, in this case old and ...

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OPINION: Loyalty in Marriage

Loyalty–as the devotion and faithfulness among spouses and marital life–a life of positive aspects of compatibility, adjustability, empathy and mutually satisfying create each other; and always go hand in hand together. Where loyalty gives rise to a booming, flourishing and everlasting marital life, a healthy marital life flourishes and furnishes loyalty. In fact loyalty shapes the basic essence of the ...

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OPINION: We, the Future of Our Nation

Aloo-chats, late nights, lots of movies with thodi si studies. Fun till the rising sun; going to bed at the sound of dad’s cocking gun. Love-shuv, first crush; proposal, refusal; aggression, depression. Sounds familiar, right? This is how we are: a face of a typical youth of today’s generation. Spending the whole day in college, attending a few classes throughout ...

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