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The Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research in collaboration with AJK-Mass Communication Research Centre recently conducted a two day North East Film Festival called ‘First Cut’ on 16th and 17th August, 2013 at the Tagore Conference Hall in Jamia. Over the course of two days, about 10 North-Eastern regional films were screened at the Tagore Conference Hall ranging ...

It started raining at 3 o’ clock when I was sitting at the English Department with my friend Eeliya. Monsoon is at its peak and the showers were welcomed in this humid weather. The grey sky beautifully contrasted with the lush greenery of Jamia. We looked on quietly at the ambiance which our surroundings created. The rain it seemed was ...

The bird soared high into the sky relishing every moment of the freedom that had been granted to it unknowingly by the little boy who had inadvertently opened the cage. The shopkeeper was furious at the child and didn’t calm down until he had been paid in full the price of the bird by the little boy’s mother. But the ...

When I think of independence the first thing which crosses my mind is Rousseau’s most famous and contradictory quote: “Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains”. This is a strong and controversial statement and my idea of independence is somewhere inspired by this thought. Independence is a relative term and it can never be absolute. Desire for absolute ...

I am Kelvin Olisamuni, a Nigerian, currently studying M.A. Political Science at Jamia Millia Islamia University. Coming to India for studies was never on my mind until one Monday morning when my parents popped the question of me studying in India. I smiled immediately and said why not. Later, I googled India like never before! Finally, here I am in ...

It is with a heavy heart we at Jamia Journal bid farewell to four of our five outstanding staff writers; namely, Arko Dasgupta, Aarif Khan, Samreen Mushtaq, and R. Nithya. All four have graduated from Jamia this year and have moved on to do better things. Arko completed his Masters in Peace and Conflict Studies and is now a Research ...

The Pakistan Studies Programme at the Academy of International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia in collaboration with the Jinnah Institute, Islamabad and the Australia-India Institute, Melbourne conducted a lecture by Ms. Sherry Rehman, Pakistan’s former Ambassador to the United States and former Federal Minister of Information & Broadcasting, as part of a series of lectures by distinguished speakers in which eminent ...

The Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research, Jamia Millia Islamia under its Young Research Scholars Seminar Series, organized a “Session of Reading” by Aruni Kashyap on Tuesday, July 30, 2013. He read selected passages from his novel “The House with A Thousand Stories” and was in conversation with Ms. Preeti Gill, Consulting Editor of Zubaan publications. Aruni Kashyap ...

The Department of Political Science in collaboration with Jamia Discussion Forum organized a lecture on “Nationalism and The India – Pakistan Peace Process” on Friday, 26th July 2013, by Dr. Taimur Rahman, Assistant Professor and Coordinator Political Science at Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan and the vocalist and spokesperson of the famous rock band Laal. The programme was chaired ...

[Following is an official Jamia press release dated July 4, 2013] Jamia Millia Islamia in collaboration with the International Summer School (ISS) Education Initiative and Ministry of Tourism through its Incredible India campaign has established the International Summer School at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi for the purpose of promoting international goodwill and cultural understanding at the level of young ...