Humans of Jamia

Humans of Jamia Stories of unknown people yet not unknown!

"There was a phase in my life when I felt impelled to give up on life. I regret for not having faith in myself. Faith cr...
16/09/2017

"There was a phase in my life when I felt impelled to give up on life. I regret for not having faith in myself. Faith crisis evoked from a sense of homesickness which was accompanied by torrent of expectations from my family".

"All this affected me to an extent that I felt isolated and completely alienated. Missing classes regularly became a norm and I was sleeping all day".

"During that time summer vacations coincided with the month of Ramadan. When I went back home I realised spirituality uplifted me. I started offering Namaz regularly. I felt at ease".

"After vacations when I came to Delhi, I felt differently, I started engaging myself in numerous activities. I took membership at British Council's library. I started investing my time at the weekends, sometimes weekdays too studying British literature, magazines about Art and History including my own College Curriculum. I was way better than I was before".

"It had been a year since I had hung around but then I found a friend I met at British Council only who's my bosom friend now, she felt like home to me and I never felt alone since then."

"I am from Garhwa, a small place in Jharkhand. My family has always been iffy about my education. They are uncertain, w...
14/09/2017

"I am from Garhwa, a small place in Jharkhand. My family has always been iffy about my education. They are uncertain, whether they should allow me to continue it or not because the place I have come from believes that education is a crime for women and a birth right of men. People feel girls who have left their home for education have lost their morals".

"What is your driving force"?
"Self-trust. There was a time when my family stopped supporting me but I kept trusting what I felt was right. Anything and anyone can betray you in life but self-trust stands with you forever".

"It was someday in winters last year, when my father brought home a nomadic woman with all her possessions, inclusive of...
13/09/2017

"It was someday in winters last year, when my father brought home a nomadic woman with all her possessions, inclusive of her 11 years old daughter. She was a refugee from the internal conflict of Myanmar, she could barely speak Hindi and she had lost her entire family in the deadly massacre. She somehow fled with her kids, the elder son was laboring somewhere else. We understood, the woman went astray while searching for a poultry farm which was her workplace.
We are often scared helping such people, so was I. But, we welcomed her with a warm heart. After spending that night at our home, we hunted for her workplace the next day. She indicated the best she could, but it was difficult to understand her language. After a lot of search, we finally found her place".

"I remember, the sign of relief which I saw writ large over her face that day was something I can never forget. She thanked us for helping her out. After that, she often visited us but never empty-handed, eggs as gratitude accompanied her.
I was hit with a deep sense of realisation that these people have faced horrific situations and escaped death narrowly. In my opinion, what a common person can do is to welcome and trust them, to believe in them and give them a chance".

"My father was a farmer, he did not even receive the basic education. He practiced every possible skill to fix a good fu...
12/09/2017

"My father was a farmer, he did not even receive the basic education. He practiced every possible skill to fix a good future for us. He learnt masonry and we shifted to Bareilly and lately, we settled in Delhi".

"Initially, we had a joint family in village. My mother had busy days and loads of work to wind up; looking after cattles to cooking rotis on a hearth for all. She never negotiated on my demands. I am a pure vegetarian but whenever non veg food was cooked, she made a vegetable gravy for me. It was not affordable and eventually, increased her work but still she dealt with it".

"I am pursuing coaching at RCA, Jamia Millia Islamia for Civil Service Examinations. I have often been dragged down, for choosing education careers which people back in my hometown do not even afford to dream. But my parents are persistent in their beliefs for our secure future. And I will work to keep up with their struggles".

"We are here to clean up the departments and any litter around in the University. Time easily flies when we have each ot...
11/09/2017

"We are here to clean up the departments and any litter around in the University. Time easily flies when we have each other's company. Both of us have been working here from last 3 years".

"One reason behind we jelling up so well is our equal level of compatibility; there aren't too grand expectations, but only that are children study well, work hard and make us proud".

"Working on set patterns of stringent societal norms, we have reached a pseudo phase of societal interactions, where we ...
11/09/2017

"Working on set patterns of stringent societal norms, we have reached a pseudo phase of societal interactions, where we keep lengths of contact digitally but are unaware of people who live next door. Ironically, I follow this same complained behaviour and have added to the existing numbers of participants in a rat race, lately".

"My father was a reputed criminal lawyer and after his death, I paced myself to follow his legacy. I am an average law student and there is nothing inspiring about my life".

"Like major ideals of socially active lawyers, Shahid Azmi is my role model. With Najeeb's movement, my likeness towards social activism has incremented. In the increasing political space, I see myself as a part of it. These are hard times, we need to stand for each other and learn through every potential way".

“I’m from Afghanistan. I came to India in 2009 to live as a refugee, to find shelter with my father along with my two y...
11/09/2017

“I’m from Afghanistan. I came to India in 2009 to live as a refugee, to find shelter with my father along with my two younger siblings who are 13 and 11 years old. In pursuit of education people often stay away from home but moving to another country for it is a different ball game all together. I aspire to be a journalist .”

“I really like the cultural diversity in Delhi, also the mouth-watering food, it goes without saying, by the way I’m a big time foodie.”

“I feel elated around my friends as I consider them to be a very important part of my life. Seeing a smile on others faces makes all the difference to me in the world. I tend to do something really crazy in order to cheer someone up even though I have a hard time dealing with emotions myself but I’m still trying to make it through life on my own.”

Define happiness, we asked.
“Happiness to me is being a mother to my siblings.”, she replied instantly.

"I have not studied much and drop year became the hit point, then I cleared law in Jamia and now I'm here"."I've receive...
26/06/2017

"I have not studied much and drop year became the hit point, then I cleared law in Jamia and now I'm here".

"I've received a lot of advices in my life but I remember none."

This is Hameeda. She is a contributor at Humans of Jamia. She is very punctual, if she agrees to meet you, better don't ...
26/06/2017

This is Hameeda. She is a contributor at Humans of Jamia. She is very punctual, if she agrees to meet you, better don't be late. She is having her birthday today. Join us to wish her.

A very happy birthday to you, Hameeda!

"I come from, Amroha, UP. It's a very small place with literacy rate on the lower side and corruption and exploitation o...
25/06/2017

"I come from, Amroha, UP. It's a very small place with literacy rate on the lower side and corruption and exploitation on the higher".

"Earlier, when I talked about higher education in Jamia. People reacted in weird manners, taunting and scaring me, laughing at my aspirations, saying that I didn't belong here. And should not even think about it".

"I did Masters in Public Administration and have been preparing for Civil Services Examination since two years. The people still troll me. They question my aspirations and comment that people like me coming from villages and poor backgrounds cannot be an IAS Officer. But I took a step and I'm still walking and I believe no matter where one comes from, one can achieve anything if they work towards it".

"CSE is not my ultimate goal. It's a small goal set to accomplish the public service. I want to make people aware, aid them in becoming socially and economically stronger".

"I am from Kishanganj, Bihar. People from Kishanganj has a distinct way of talking which is often considered to be a fla...
24/06/2017

"I am from Kishanganj, Bihar. People from Kishanganj has a distinct way of talking which is often considered to be a flaw and this issue often surfaces when we meet people from other regions. I remember I was asked to portray myself as a Bengali to counter this issue but I did not follow that route".

"I'm a Bihari and why should I not accept that?"

After a bit of persuasion and their reluctance to pause cycling and playing football, the kids agreed to talk with us. T...
24/06/2017

After a bit of persuasion and their reluctance to pause cycling and playing football, the kids agreed to talk with us. They exclaimed their love for Jamia and enumerated their reasons like the people, food and pets loitering around.

Boy- "It has some of our four legged friends. I love dogs".
Girl- "Here are no cats and we can't have one because my mother can't afford another accident to happen".
Boy- "I got bitten two times by a cat".
Girl-" 'Bit' two times. Wrong sentence!"
Boy- "Yup".
Girl- "Scratched two times".
Boy- "I only touched it".
Girl- "It was his fault".
Boy- "No!"
Girl- "Yup! He picked up the cat, climbed on the bed and threw it".
Boy- "Yeah". (with the least acceptance)

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