Bol–Jamia’s debating Society under the aegis of Office of Dean Students’ Welfare, Jamia Millia Islamia–organized a national trilingual inter university debate competition on Tuesday, March 13, 2012. The three languages in which the debate was conducted were Urdu, English and Hindi. The M.A. Ansari Auditorium was the venue for the national competition. . The topic for the debate was, “Absolute ...

The Department of Political Science organized a talk by Prof. Jeffrey Legro, from the University of Virginia, USA, on the topic “New Architecture of World Politics and Who Controls it” on Monday, March 12, 2012 About the Speaker Prof. Jeffrey Legro is a notable professor at the University of Virginia. He is the author of “Rethinking the World: Great Power ...

In an endeavor to provide students with an enjoyable and an interactive opportunity along with managerial experience, the Computer Society of India Student Chapter, Jamia Millia Islamia (CSI-JMI) held its three-day annual techo-cultural festival called “AlgoRhythm: The Rhythm of Techno Geeks” from March 2-4, 2012. . The festival was inaugurated by Mr. Shakil-uz-Zama Ansari, Member Secretary, National Commission for OBC. ...

I was at my friend’s place working on a project with him on the computer one day. While we were working, my friend’s sister came into the room. She had some school work to do, so she asked to use the computer. “Come back tomorrow,” my friend replied. “But my practical is tomorrow,” she said. “So what were you doing ...

[Editor’s Note: Portion of this report subtitled “Interview with the delegates” has been contributed by Khalid Jaleel.]  A seminar on “India, Bangladesh and South Asia” was conducted in the Department of Political Science, on Monday, March 5, 2012, with the participation of a students’ delegation from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. . The delegation comprised of 22 postgraduate students and ...

Someday I will tell our kids The story of how we met How the breeze from the mountains moved into the city And the sun could never again set How you took the backseats in class And how I would jump to the front ones I would tell how shy you were to ask me out I would tell our ...

Many a times we come across the word “Honor Killing” but very few of us are actually aware of what the term really means. Honor killing is said to be done when family members murder another family member who has brought “shame” and “disgrace” to the family name. Usually in India it takes place over an “inappropriate” relationship or because ...

The department of commerce and business studies in collaboration with the department of economics organized a two-day annual fest called “Ecocracy” on the university campus. The whole day included many fun related learning activities and cultural events. The festival took place on February 27 and 28, 2012. There were three different venues reserved for about a dozen of activities including ...

The MMAJ-Academy of International Studies, organized the third Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlew annual lecture on the topic “Engaging the World: India and the Challenges of Our Times” by Mr. Jaswant Singh, member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, and a member of parliament, Lok Sabha, from the Darjeeling constituency. He has also served as the Union Finance and External Affairs Minister during ...

After four years of fighting battles with the establishment, students at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) will finally be electing it’s students’ union on Thursday, March 1, 2012.   In 2008, the Supreme Court put a hold on students’ union elections, citing violations of the Lyngdoh committee’s recommendations on students’ union elections in educational institutions. But on December 8, last ...