Maitreyee Shukla
March 18, 2012Maitreyee ShuklaNo Comments

The subject association of department of sociology held an inter university students’ seminar and academic fair titled, “Karvan-e-Fikr” on Wednesday and Thursday, March 14–15, 2012, on the theme “The coming of consumer society” at Dyar-e-Mir-Taqi Mir and Ansari auditorium. . The two day event saw participation from various departments of Jamia, as well as four [...]
Continue readingDecember 19, 2011Maitreyee ShuklaNo Comments

After being bombarded by praise and tea-time discussions about the daily soap operas on television, I decided to spend few evenings with the Tulsis, Parvatis and Anandis of the great world of Indian daily soaps. The study I did with so much of trouble was after all, successful. (Though I had to support myself with [...]
Continue readingAugust 25, 2011Maitreyee Shukla2 Comments

Whatever maybe the claims of Delhi Police, or of any authority for that matter, sexual harassment, or as it is euphemistically called “Eve Teasing,” and other crimes against the fairer sex, is nowhere near the low mark on any scale. Let us have a look at the data. According to the Delhi Police website, there [...]
Continue readingAugust 20, 2011Maitreyee Shukla3 Comments

An Iftaar party was organized in the department of sociology on Thursday, August 18, 2011. The party was organized by the students of sociology. All the students and staff members from the department were invited to it. There were a total of about 90 students and faculty in attendance. Dr. Neshat Quaiser, head of department, [...]
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