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62nd Independence Day Celebrations in JNU Campus: A Photo Essay

This is a pictorial documentation [15 pics] of the 62nd Independence day celebrations in the JNU university campus, New Delhi. Like 95 per cent JNUites, I used to stay away from the flag-hoisting in the campus [you know JNUites leave the bed rather late!]. But this time I went out with my camera and documented [...]

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How to get free access to JSTOR

The need for access to JSTOR in developing nations Access to JSTOR [the US based online 'Journal Storage' that archives academic journals]  is a major issue for research scholars and students particularly from the developing countries like India. The rule is that you need to be a member of a participating institution or library to [...]

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Arundhati Roy in JNU

This is a multimedia report of the public meeting organised by the Democratic Students’ Union [DSU] in the JNU campus at Kamal Complex [KC] Open Air Theatre [OAT] 7 August 2009, 9:30 pm. The topic was ‘State Repression and Peoples’ Resistance: Experiences from Lalgarh’. It was also an occasion for the release of DSU’s fact [...]

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13 interesting political wall posters from JNU campus [season 2009, monsoon semester]

Just as astrologists and palmists can predict your life and future by looking at your horoscope, you can tell a lot about the political and social milieu of a place or organisation or a university by looking at the posters, notices, pamphelts and papers obtaining in that place. Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is famous for [...]

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Some Great Photos: Silhouetted Rainfall behind my room and Amaltas tree-lined Yellow JNU

These are some of the interesting photos from my hostel room and the JNU Campus that I shot some months ago with my Sony W55 digital camera. The images will take some time in loading, needless to say. Rainfall captured behind my room, Sabarmati Hostel, JNU [6 photos] The following photos were shot from the [...]

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Comics: Save Water Save Power

I had made the following comics on saving water and power in early May 2009 using Bitstrips when my campus (JNU) was facing severe water crisis and emailed it to friends and also pasted it as wall posters in my hostel.  It has some  everyday tips on saving water that most of us ignore!

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