The Subject Association of the Department of Political Science, on February 7, 2012, screened a documentary film titled ‘Izzatnagari ki asabhya betiyaan’ (The immoral daughters in the land of honour) at its seminar room.   Documentary filmmaker, Nakul Singh Sawhney, dared to take his camera in the lands where the rule of the khap frightens the society to its fingernails. ...

The Department of Political Science on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, organized a talk by Prof. James Manor, a renowned professor from London, on the topic, “The Best & the worst of Indian State.” About the Speaker James Manor teaches at the School of Advanced Study, University of London. After completing his BA degree from Yale Unversity, he got a D.Phil ...

Years ago when I saw “Spider Man 3” for the first time, the tag team of Peter Parker and his best friend-turned-foe-turned-friend again, Harry, in the climax, against the evil Eddie and the Sand Man, excited me the most. The other day when I saw the movie again, the climax with the tag team action was definitely the one I ...

In a two-day long seminar organized by the Department of Political Science, titled “Human Rights & Social Inclusion: Contemporary Concerns,” notable journalist and the managing editor of the weekly news magazine Tehelka, Shoma Chaudhary, delivered a lecture titled “Blowing Bubbles, and Living in them” on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011 at the Dayar-e-Mir Taqi Mir building. She talked about human rights, ...

Dear Future Husband, I still remember a profound line from one of my English lessons from way back in the seventh grade: “For every villain, there is a hero.” Along with many other lessons from childhood, that line stuck with me. It reminded me time and again that I have to become a hero someday. I would say to myself, ...

On my way to Jamia one day, Delhi was on my mind. The city I had lived in for about four years. Of course, that’s no match to people who had been born here and spent their whole life in the capital. The last time I set some time aside to think of this city was perhaps in 2007. The ...

The Department of Political Science organized a lecture by Prof. Anuradha Chenoy, titled ...

It was the emergence and grandness of mass movements that Dr. Aditya Nigam highlighted in a lecture organized by the Department of Political Science, titled “Democracy and Mass Politics: Thinking about Contemporary India” on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2011. Dr. Nigam is the Joint Director at the Center for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) for the Programme in Social and ...

In a seminar organized by the Department of Political Science, titled “Conflict Reporting” on Sept. 21, 2011, renowned journalist, Suhasini Haidar, talked about the dangers in conflict reporting and the space it has captured in the minds across the world. Suhasini Haidar is the prime time anchor for CNN-IBN. She worked as a producer and correspondent for CNN in New ...

It is the other dimension of reservation, the one about recognition and “not about who gets what or material benefits,” that Dr. Ajay Gudavarthy ...