This is the first in what we hope will be a regular feature on Jamia Journal. From now on, we will publish one interesting picture taken on-campus on a regular basis. Readers are welcome to send their own submissions to be considered for publication. All pictures are required to have a caption, location on campus, and the date the picture ...

Jamia Millia Islamia’s official quarterly newsletter, Jauhar (Vol-2 Issue-4 June August 2012), is now available on Jamia’s website. (Link to Newsletter: http://jmi.ac.in/upload/publication/jauhar_vol2_issue4_june_august2012.pdf) The cover article for this latest edition is titled “A Rich Canvas” that talks about Jamia’s art collection, which Jauhar claims to be “one of the richest art collection” among Indian universities today. The M.F. Hussain Gallery of Art, ...

Book: Amul’s India: Based On 50 Years of Amul Advertising Author: Several Contributors Publishing Date: 2012 Publisher: Collins Business Number of Pages: 224 Buy Amul’s India: Based On 50 Years of Amul Advertising from Flipkart.com (Affiliate link) Amul’s India is a brilliant compilation of  Amul’s  wittiest and most entertaining advertisements containing all those advertisements that people have loved over the ...

Measuring human life in monetary terms is highly disrespectful. Human life, according to me, should never be matched with sums of money. But in order to compensate for loss of human life, countries all over the world have to assign a monetary value to human life. However, unfortunately, not all human life is assessed to have the same value. Some ...

[Following is a report by a special correspondent for Jamia Journal who wishes to remain unnamed for fear of reprisal by the administration.] A convention under the banner “Save Jamia” was organised by the All India Students Association (AISA) at Urdu Ghar, New Delhi on Thursday, 18th October. The main speakers included noted civil liberties activist, Gautam Navlakha; political scientist ...

[Following is a Jamia press release dated Oct 19, 2012] The Student’s Chapter of the Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE), New Delhi at the Faculty of Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia is going to organize its Annual Techno-Social Sojourn TRIPSTER-2012 (Tripping the Barriers, Switching the Society) along with the Annual Students Convention of Delhi Section of the Indian Society of ...

The Department of Political Science, organized a lecture by Prof. Patrick Heller on “Indian Cities in Comparative Perspective” on Oct. 17, 2012. Prof. Heller is a visiting senior fellow at the Centre for Policy Research and a professor of Sociology and International Studies at Brown University, USA. He is the co-author of the book, “Social Democracy in the Global Periphery: ...

The Department of History and Culture, Jamia Millia Islamia is going to organize a Lecture on “Sufi Shrines in Post-Partition Punjab? Dreams, Memory and Continuities” by Dr. Yogesh Snehi, faculty member at School of Liberal Studies, Ambedkar University, Delhi. Dr. Yogesh Snehi teaches History at Ambedkar University, Delhi and offers a postgraduate course on “The Making of Modern Punjab”. He ...

[Following is a Jamia press release dated Oct 15, 2012]  Jamia’s Preetesh Monu, a final year student of Bachelor of Dental Studies at Faculty of Dentistry has secured the 1st Position in Chess at the recently concluded 38th Annual South Asian Socio-Cultural Literary and Sports Meet, Pulse 2012 at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. ‘Pulse’ is ...

So the Khap says, “Boys and girls should be married by the time they turn sixteen years old, so that they do not stray … this will decrease the incidents of rape.” Now, if you were having a tough time understanding how getting people married will decrease incidents of rape, here is the underlying message of the Khap. What the ...