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The Centre for European and Latin American Studies in collaboration with the Academy of International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia and Institute of International Relations, University of Warsaw organized a symposium on the topic “Understanding Poland’s Role in Contemporary Europe” at the Academy of International Studies, on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. The two speakers for the symposium were, Boguslaw Waldemar Zaleski, ...

Like many other wars, the eleven years old war in Afghanistan has also turned into an embarrassing defeat of the US-led combat forces but American leadership, both present and promising, still shamelessly vows to engage into many more armed conflicts. It was October 7th, 2001 when the United States along with its western allies launched a military offensive against the ...

As the elections campaign season for the upcoming presidential elections between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney picks up in the United States, the Department of Political Science, in collaboration with the American Center, New Delhi, conducted a symposium titled “Panorama of 2012 US Election: Making Sense of it” to discuss the American political process, and to look at the race ...

Last month we were witness to a large number of people from the North-East crowding the railway stations at Bangalore and Chennai in a hurry to leave for their hometowns. Conflict in Assam had not only disrupted life in Assam, but had affected lives of people from the North-East residing in the rest of India. To understand the issue and ...

For all intents and purposes, non-intervention in Syria is in the interests of not only the Syrian people but also the international community. I am, of course, referring to the current project of proxy intervention undertaken by the West in the country. Otherwise, in general, I am quite ambivalent about humanitarian interventions. A Syria without Bashar al-Assad would undoubtedly be ...

The air today seems to be carrying some positivity with it. Perhaps that’s why I feel like scribbling down some of my random thoughts on a piece of paper; trying to overcome my writer’s block (which actually is my excuse for laziness). Sitting in class while the teacher delivers his lecture, I look around my classroom and only see “grown-ups” ...

The Pakistan Studies Programme, part of the Academy of International Studies, recently conducted an India-China dialogue with visiting Chinese delegates from Sichuan University, China. The programme titled “Second India-China Dialogue on Evolving Security Environment in the AF-PAK region” was conducted at the Dayar-I-Mir-Taqi-Mir Building on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. The two-day programme ended with a valedictory address by Member of ...

“You tucked me in, turned out the lights, Kept me safe and sound at night Little girls depend on things like that” — Miley Cyrus Come this Wednesday, my sister would have completed her one-month notice at her workplace. She works with an NGO for a project that encourages primary education for girls in Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)-run schools. ...

The Brazilian Ambassador to India, Mr. Carlos Duarte, delivered the inaugural address to a symposium on Brazil conducted by the Centre for European and Latin American Studies in collaboration with the Academy Of International Studies. The symposium titled “Understanding Contemporary Brazil” was held at the Dayar-I-Mir-Taqi-Mir building on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2012. In his address, Ambassador Duarte said that it ...

The Jamia Outreach Programme organized a talk by Prof. Gauri Viswanathan, professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, New York, who spoke on the topic “Edward Said, Dissent and Post-colonialism” at the Dayar-I-Mir–Taqi-Mir building on Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. Prof. Viswanathan has published widely on topics such as education, religion, and culture; nineteenth-century British and colonial cultural studies; ...