Year: 2018

Is India Really A Radical Society?

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By: Prof. Satyendra Kumar Singh, Editor-ICN In Mahabharata times, the amount of fine varied according to the caste in which one belonged. A Shudra would pay eight times the amount of the damage, a Vaishya would pay sixteen times the amount, and a Kshatriya would pay thirty-two times the amount. A Brahmin would generally pay sixty-four times the amount; however, a Brahmin could be made to pay up to a hundred times the amount of damage. The multiplier was different for each caste, because the mental capacity of the offender and…

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BYE PASSING THE BYEPASSES

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: Well before any national highway is designed and planned, the value of land along the demarcated road increases many folds. Builders and business opportunists flock such potential places with bags full of money to transact private land  which could later be developed for commercial purposes or for building residential apartments. This is what is being proved along the upcoming four lane highway close to the existing Shimla – Dhalli byepass. This part of the four lane has been designed to connect Shoghi and…

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Enflaming The Real Reason Of Rape Or Is It A Mental Bug

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By: Dr. Sanchita Ghatak ( Associate Editor-ICN Group ) She was walking past with her sexy siren gait, her redolent attire made every man drop their jaws and drool. She was the cynosures of all masculine eyes. This is the image the society shows for a female who has undergone rape. They try their efforts best to prove the victim guilty by portraying this image that it was she herself who invited this uneventful incident. The recent Kathua case sent a chill to our bones. Her old torn cloths, her unkempt…

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Death For A Better Life

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By: Poornima Dubey, Sub Editor-ICN  Today as we all know very well that it is the day of a great personality a personality with all the best features either it’s an economist , politician or a social reformer means our great Dr. BR Ambedkar Jayanti means the birth date of that person who inspired the Dalit Buddhist Movement and campaigned against social discrimination against untouchables while also supporting the rights of women and labor. If we go along his life journey we get a major role of him in our law…

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Ambedkar Jayanti 2018: Remembering The Father Of Indian Constitution On 127th Birth Anniversary

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NEW DELHI: The father of Indian constitution and independent India’s first minister of Law and Justice was also an extraordinary scholar and thinker on issues of social and economic importance.  He fought all his life against discrimination, degradation, and deprivation in the Indian society. The President in his tweet said an icon of our nation, Dr. Ambedkar was a multifaceted personality who waged a life-long struggle for a modern India free of caste and other prejudices. Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted citizens on the occasion of Baba Saheb’s birth anniversary. He…

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The Female Burden of Shame

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By: Klinsa Kurien, Bureau Chief-ICN Kerala Women in India are now a threatened lot. No security is being provided to her. Anytime, anything can happen to her. Last night, my mother had a horrendous vision. Her sleep was a very disturbed one. This very vision was regarding the most disturbing of incidents recently in India. The four lettered word which all women dread was the focal point. Alas, ‘rape’ is now a stunning reality everywhere. My God, and what’s terrible is the fact that it is perpetrated on very tender and…

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Shimla is Not the Simla I Remember, Still Love It

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Mall Road Shimla

By: Anoop Sood SHIMLA: Yearning for a sojourn in hills hits you once you sense that the liberation from boot camp- the corporate job- is just round the corner. Four decades in a corporate job is a long period, almost a lifetime. It is about to end and with it a part of life will get over.  You have two options- take up another assignment to put your experience to good use and prepare to die with your boots on or find a sojourn in the place you always wanted…

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SIR SYED: The Symbol of National Integration

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By: Tarun Prakash, Sr. Executive Editor-ICN Group Sir Syed was the great assertor of National integration and he knew that unless Hindu and Muslim come on the same platform and join their hands warmly, our nation cannot become a great country in the world. “Zameen tang hai sara jahan chhota hai, Meri udaan ko har aasmaan chhota hai (Small is earth simply insufficient is the world all And for my flight even sky appears to be small) Mere mayaar ka qad is tarah se nikla hai, Mere wajood ka yaron…

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ARE ROAD ACCIDENTS A FATE ACCOMPLI ?

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: Every time a school bus accident happens anywhere in the country, the government machineries get together to brain storm on safety measures that should be ensured to avoid recurrence of such accidents. The measures suggested and the reports prepared simply meet their quiet burial over a period of time. Umpteen times strict instructions are issued to the school authorities as well as the bus operators but most post-accident findings reveal that either the bus driver had been hired without verifying the credentials or…

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