A sight that has started to become a common sight on campus, is of students playing the guitar. There aren’t that many, but you do see one or two such student musicians sitting in a lawn at the FX Cafe or at the central canteen, surrounded by friends and strangers alike, listening to them play in admiration. . Though they ...
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OPINION: Jamia: My Home Away From Home
‘Disinterested’—that’s the word that perfectly describes how I felt the first time I entered the precincts of Jamia. Not knowing anyone, and not even wanting to. Despite the colourful atmosphere, and despite the cheerful faces, nothing gave me good vibes. For Jamia, I only felt repulsion. I always wanted to explore things away from home, wanted to learn how to ...
Read More »Admission Process for Jamia Begins
[Following is a Jamia Press Release.] The process of admission to the academic session 2012-13 begins in Jamia Millia Islamia. The Prospectus and Application Forms for all professional and non-professional courses offered by various Faculties and Centres of Jamia Millia Islamia for the academic session 2012-13 are available on Jamia’s website. Desirous candidates may visit the website for more information. ...
Read More »Full-time Politician and Part-time Poet Kapil Sibal in Jamia for a Poetry Recital
Union Minister for Human Resource Development (HRD), and an advocate for limiting freedom of speech on the Internet, Mr. Kapil Sibal, read excerpts from his latest book of poems titled “My World Within” at the Ansari Auditorium, on Tuesday, March 27, 2012. . He also read from his older collection of poems titled “I Witness: Partial Observation” which was launched ...
Read More »Nithya, Jamia Student and JJ Writer, Launches her Debut Novel
On Tuesday, March 20, 2012, the Conference Hall of FTK – Centre for Information Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia, witnessed the launch of the book entitled, “Treadmills and Push-up Bras” by R. Nithya, a masters’ student in the Department of Political Science, Jamia Millia Islamia, and a staff writer for Jamia Journal. Published by Thames River Press, the book was released ...
Read More »HRD Minister Mr. Kapil Sibal to Read Poetry at Jamia
[Following is a Jamia Press Release.] Union Minister for Human Resources Development & Communications and Information Technology, Mr. Kapil Sibal, shall be reading from his latest book of poems titled My World Within on Jamia Millia Islamia campus on March 27, 2012. “My World Within” is his second book of poems which was launched during the recently held Book Fair ...
Read More »POETRY: Doing the Wrong Things for the Right Reason
Bending the rules, what we believe in Doing the Wrong things for the Right reason Patching up our soul through false excuses Consoling ourselves; making false truces. Eating three meals, sleeping tight at night Offering prayers on Fridays, trying to feel right Going on with life as if there’ll be no end After all, we’re all just common men. Bending ...
Read More »R. Nithya, Jamia Journal Writer, to Release her Debut Novel at Jamia
It is a matter of pride for Jamia Journal to announce, that one of its staff writer, R. Nithya, is going to be a published author with the launch of her debut novel titled, “Treadmills and Push-up Bras,” on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 11.30 a.m. in the Conference Hall of FTK-Centre for Information Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia. The book ...
Read More »Karvan-e-Fikr 2012: Dept. of Sociology Hosts Academic Fair
The subject association of department of sociology held an inter university students’ seminar and academic fair titled, “Karvan-e-Fikr” on Wednesday and Thursday, March 14–15, 2012, on the theme “The coming of consumer society” at Dyar-e-Mir-Taqi Mir and Ansari auditorium. . The two day event saw participation from various departments of Jamia, as well as four universities, Jamia Millia Islamia, Jawaharlal ...
Read More »Students Visit the Central Bureau of Investigation
About 40 students from various departments in Jamia, went on an educational visit to the headquarters of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Delhi on Thursday, March 15, 2012. . The tour was part of a CBI initiated program in which they have asked students from many schools and universities in Delhi to visit their offices and get a ...
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