Editorial

On Monday, November 5, Irom Sharmila completed 12 years of her hunger fast that she went on in protest against the draconian law known as the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). Her demand is simple — repeal AFSPA, a law that provides impunity to armed forces from all human rights violations. Sharmila went on a hunger fast in the ...

According to an article titled “PTMs in DU: Hello, Military Camp!” dated Oct. 2 in Delhi University’s student newspaper, DU Beat, the DU administration has proposed to form a  “Parents Coordination Committee” to allegedly act as “mediators” between teachers and their college-going children. Again, according to DU Beat, this implies that if the committee is formed, Parent Teachers Meetings (PTM) will ...

What I narrate in this article is a personal story. Something that happened to me. On a Saturday afternoon, on September 15, 2012, I happened to be walking past the American Center at Connaught Place in Central Delhi with several of my friends. For those who don’t know, the American Center is sort of a cultural and education center run ...

Mukul Kesavan, a professor in the department of history at Jamia, offers us an interesting explanation to why Bollywood movies are so “trashy,” in his latest article titled “Attitude Bollytude” for Outlook. In his opinion, the reason why Indian cinema is so “trashy” is because the only way to create popular art for such a culturally diverse country like India, ...

I believe the greatest fear for any authority figure — from the people he/she/it has authority over — is the freedom they may have to challenge that very authority.   And although, theoretically speaking, we accept the authority of the state over us in order to be free — which it does make us in many respects — it however, ...

We as a nation I believe, have come to the conclusion that a democratic system is the best political system there is. It might not be perfect, but what we have is the best. In fact, it is a matter of pride for us that unlike some of the other third world countries, we have been a democracy since independence. ...

On Saturday, Sept. 9 last week, several online news websites, which cover news related to Jamia Millia Islamia, reported a controversial ...

The Hindu newspaper reported in an article titled “Jamia pulled up for ‘draconian decision’ against student,” on Sunday, July 24, that the Delhi High Court severely chastised Proctor Masood Alam, in relation to a petition filed by a student of Jamia against the university. According to the report, a PhD candidate, by the name of Asharaf Kamal, had been cleared ...

Monday, July 18, ushers in the new academic year for Jamia Millia Islamia. And if you’re a returning student, Jamia Journal welcomes you back;  however, if this is your first year at Jamia, then we welcome you aboard. For Jamia Journal this is our second year, though in actual terms, we’re not more than 8 months old. However, during this ...

Despite the fact I had made an announcement on Tuesday, March 15, saying that we will be on hiatus and will not be publishing anything new till our break was over: I, however, find myself obligated to break my word. Because as it is with all rules, there are times when we have to make an exception. And what could ...