Month: April 2025

Filmmaker Anurag Basu Explores Emotional Vulnerabilities and Cinema at Thursday Musings 237

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LUCKNOW 17th April – The 237th edition of Thursday Musings featured filmmaker Anurag Basu discussing emotional vulnerabilities and cinema. Held on April 17, 2025, the session included discussions on storytelling, mental health portrayal in films, and cinema’s therapeutic value.Participants explored cinema’s ability to capture the human mind. Anurag Basu shared his filmmaking journey and his battle with leukemia, offering insights into creating mental health awareness content. The session also covered storytelling, emphasizing empathy, Bollywood’s evolving mental health portrayal, and the influence of childhood experiences and genetics on well-being.Future discussions included…

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From Kapoor to Bera : A Joker’s Journey from India to Moscow

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By : Prof. Dr. Mohan Das, Producer-Eon Films & Consulting Editor-ICN MOSCOW : Over five decades after Raj Kapoor’s ‘Mera Naam Joker’ found unexpected success in Russia, the spirit of the Indian clown is set to return to Moscow. This time, through a quiet man from Kolkata named Bagambar Bera in a remarkable indie film by director Sourish Dey. Bera isn’t a star. He’s a joker—literally. He paints his face, wears the red nose, and makes children laugh at weddings and birthdays. But now, his life has inspired a film—Joker,…

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The Uniqueness Of Indian Festivals

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By: Dr. Klinsa Kurien, Bureau Chief-ICN Kerala The ultimate end of all religions is to find an inner peace which should be spread around like a mother hen protectively surrounding her chicks. Our land India is indisputably a Great one of multiple religions, cultures and festivities.  Many religions like Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Jainism, Buddhism, Parsi faith have existed since time immemorial in it. The yearly calendar is divided into festivals which last all year long. The unique feature of all the festivals is the spirit of oneness among people…

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How Lethal Tentacle of Cyber Crime is Spreading Far and Wide

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By: Mehwash Fatima, Asstt. Editor, ICN PERTH : Nowadays, cybercrime has become a grave threat to the existence of the mankind. It is surprising that in today’s generation, it has become quite common. They get involved in its nefarious game in various ways, especially, the teenagers. Sometimes they get involved in it with a definite purpose and sometimes just for fun without even knowing about its far-reaching consequences. They don’t even realize they are getting involved in such a heinous crime which can jeopardy their career and life forever. Recently, a similar…

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The Science Of Traveling Light

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Chief Consulting Editor-ICN  CHANDIGARH : Since generations All elders have had at least  one common blessing to bestow on all those who bowed before them, “May you Live Long”. From the most often bestowed blessings to the facts of life do we ever try to realise and decipher how fruitful is long life, well before brushing aside the value of blessings? Just one life may not be enough to realise our relation with the creator. In true fact the entire life is lost in running after fulfillment of…

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Her First Flight Aboard Indian Airlines

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By : Barnali Bose, Editor-ICN World KOLKATA : Tata,Tata, waved the little girl and her sister as their father stood at the door of the Boeing aircraft of the Indian Airlines flight. In those days, in the early 70’s, airports were not inaccessible to visitors. In fact, visitors were not only allowed to glance through the glass screens but could also step out on the porch to see the flights take off. In fact, one could faintly see passengers on the window seats waving to their loved ones. How could she ever…

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Summer Precautions : What happens When You Don’t Drink Enough Water

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By: Garima Lohumi, Bureau Chief-ICN Himachal Pradesh Drinking plenty of water will help you reduce the chances of getting kidney stones, gastrointestinal and urinary tract cancer, and heart attack. SHIMLA : Scientific endeavours exploring the possibility of life beyond earth have invariably focussed on ascertaining the availability of water on various planets.  Indeed, water is key to existence of all forms of life, there can be no life without water. Every organism is made up of water. It is one of the prime elements essential for the survival of all breathing…

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