Hi Shenoy,
Its very simple. The only way in JSP to create attributes inside a given scope without using scriptlets is through <c:set/> JSTL.
There are two variations of c:set
a) This one is used to create
<c:set var="testVar" value="value|${EL}" scope="request|page|session|application" />
With this version there will be a attribute with name testVar and its value will be either
string "value" or it can even be an Object via EL.
Will explain the other version. later. May be someone else can explain it. Its very simple.