[Reader-list] Jamia: Life after Encounter - TOI Saturday Feature

[Aditya Raj Kaul]

Jamia : Life after
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 Spirit willing

Life is slowly limping back to normal,

Aditya Raj Kaul, Jamia Nagar - (complete column for The Times of India's -
South Delhi Plus)

Saturday, October 4th, 2008
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"Jamia Millia Islamia stands for Peace, Communal Harmony and Tolerance";
posters with messages such as these welcome us inside the Jamia campus
bordering South Delhi. Moving along the University, the road narrows down
ahead at the chowk. An elevated cemetery to our left marks the entrance to
the famous Batla House.

 An uneasy calm prevails through the lanes of the market inside Batla House
and Zakir Nagar; days after an encounter took place at the neighboring Jamia
Nagar killing an inspector and two terrorists. Life in and around the
locality has come a long way since then. Fear psychosis runs deep here.

Please check the complete article with pics on -
http://activistsdiary.blogspot.com/2008/10/jamia-life-after-encounter.html

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Thanks

Aditya Raj Kaul

Freelance Writer, The Times of India