Life-e-Jamia

March 15, 2013Khalid JaleelOne Comment

If you are part of an active Jamia student community online, then you probably have already come across a ‘Confessions’ facebook page for your faculty or department. And if you haven’t, then don’t worry, somebody in your department or faculty is probably already thinking of setting one up. For those unfamiliar with the concept, a [...]

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March 1, 2013Khalid JaleelNo Comments

On Tuesday, Feb. 26, Jamia Journal happened to come upon a group of students singing and playing music in the lawns near the Department of History building on-campus. The group was accompanied by Mr. Apam Shimray, professor in the Department of English, . After talking to Prof. Shimray, we learned that the group was Jamia’s [...]

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September 19, 2012Aaqib Khan5 Comments

Admissions have been done with, classes have gathered steam, but does campus life feel a bit boring? Fret not for below is a list of some of the most exciting and happening places on Jamia campus that you can rush to for a break, to make new friends, or simply to try out some of [...]

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April 1, 2012Khalid JaleelOne Comment

A sight that has started to become a common sight on campus, is of students playing the guitar. There aren’t that many, but you do see one or two such  student musicians sitting in a lawn at the FX Cafe or at the central canteen, surrounded by friends and strangers alike, listening to them play [...]

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June 20, 2011Khalid Jaleel5 Comments

It is admission season at Jamia these days. Entrance tests are being conducted on almost a weekly basis for the past few weeks for all graduate and postgraduate programs. Monday, June 20, the political science department held its entrance test for its Public Administration postgraduate program. There seemed to be a single center for the [...]

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March 10, 2011Khalid JaleelNo Comments

On a Thursday late afternoon on campus, I spotted three foreign students sitting on a bench at the Nehru guest house lawn with books in their hands enjoying their day. Curious to find out who they were, I simply went up to them and asked. . It turns out, the three girls: Kim-Ida, Jessica and [...]

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February 8, 2011Khalid Jaleel3 Comments

On the occasion of Propose Day, Feb. 8, the second day of Valentine week: students were seen observing the day by “proposing” their love to their girlfriends or boyfriends on campus. In one such instance, Devraj (Not a Jamia student) proposed his love to his longtime girlfriend: Lalita, a postgraduate student in the department of [...]

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