The big eyes, the angry voice and then came the threat: “You better learn your tables or I will thrash you” or the classic, “if you ever fail your exams, you will be sent to work in the fields.” These remained mere threats for I never did learn the multiplication tables and often forgot to do my homework. I managed ...

[Following is Jamia press release dated Dec. 10, 2012]  The Society for Participatory Research in Asia (SPRI) in collaboration with the Department of Social Work, Jamia Millia Islamia organized the launch of UNESCO Chair on community-based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education and a symposium on this theme on December 10, 2012. The purpose of the event was to ...

[Following is a MUN-JMI press release received on Dec. 9, 2012]  Model United Nations (also Model UN or MUN) is an academic simulation of the United Nations that aims to educate participants about current events, topics in international relations, diplomacy and the United Nations agenda. The participants role-play as diplomats representing a nation or NGO in a simulated session of ...

The Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research, Jamia Millia Islamial, New Delhi, will be conducting a talk on the topic of ‘Naga Peace Process: The Truth Alone Shall Not Set You Free’ by Fr. Dr. Abraham Lotha on 13 (Thursday) December, Rabindranath Tagore Hall (Administrative Block) from 3 pm onwards. This is the second in the Centre’s new ...

The UNESCO Chair on Community-based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education has been mandated by UNESCO to promote the practice of community-based research with a view to strengthen the linkages between communities and institutions of higher education. In the above context Society for Participatory Research in Asia in collaboration with the Department of Social Work, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi are ...

[Following is a press release by the Entrepreneurship Club – JMI received on Dec. 3, 2012] According to the 2012 Report of the Planning Commission, India has to create approximately 10 to 12 million jobs every year. So keeping this in mind Jamia Millia Islmia (JMI) has formally launched an Entrepreneurship Club (E-Club) on 27th Nov.2012. The launch took place ...

According to news reports, on Nov. 29,  a 16-year-old girl walked into a police station and reported that she was held prisoner in a flat in Defence Colony for two months, and was repeatedly raped by a bunch of young men, out of which she supposedly accused six by name. Providing more detail to the story, newspapers reported that three ...

Although the Delhi Government has, on numerous occasions, notified shopkeepers and vendors against using plastic bags, things are only now being taken seriously. The law, however, naturally inconveniences me and fellow shoppers alike. This decision imposed on the common man is felt when one goes shopping for groceries and stationery–the shopkeeper politely refuses my request for a plastic carry bag. ...

The  students of Development Communications, AJK MCRC, will be organizing a festival on Wednesday Dec. 5, 2pm, at the Old Studio Lawns near the MCRC building. All are cordially invited. About the Festival (Text courtesy Development Communication students)  AAGHAAZ-A call to society Is a call to awaken society. It’s a drive to invoke the latent humanity that rests within each ...

Director: Gauri Shinde Writer: Gauri Shinde Producer: R. Balki Cast: Sridevi, Adil Hussain and Mehdi Nebbou Reviewer Rating: 4/5 With her unexpected, or rather more than expected, powerful performance by Sridevi, it leaves the viewers in awe of her acting. With her role in this movie, Sridevi has resurrected her career in Bollywood. The plot of the movie is simple ...