A Painting: Dear Survivor By Amitabh Dixit
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Picturesque And Peaceful Mountains Inspire Love For Nature
By: Garima Lohumi SHIMLA: There is saying:”every mountain teaches you something”. Those born and brought up amongst the mountains would have learnt the most from the nature. The physical environment plays a vital role in shaping the distinct characteristics of the people and their culture. The varied topography and the rugged beauty of mountain terrains present a sharp contrast from the largely monotonous landscape of the plains. This is one of the main factors that make inhabitants of mountainous regions much different from those of plains. The mountain dwellers have some…
Read MoreEthanol: An Antidote For Sugarcane Farmers
By: Hardik Murarka, Sr. Associate Editor-ICN India is the second largest producer of sugarcane after Brazil and more than 50 million people are associated directly or indirectly from sugarcane industry for their livelihood. But due to glut in sugar market, the mills are not in best of financial position thus there is an inability to pay the mandatory fair and remunerative price (FRP) for sugarcane to the farmers. The reason for cash strapped mils is excessive production of sugar. It has become a national problem. In 2017-18 and 2018-19, annual sugar…
Read MoreCalamity As A Cash Cow
By: Prof. Pradeep Mathur NEW DELHI: As I entered my office on an early winter morning in came the shocking news of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s brutal murder. We quickly settled down to bringing out a one-page supplement of The Pioneer, the newspaper whose Resident Editor I was.But before we could release the supplement the horror stories of anti-Sikh riots started pouring in from many places. The next few days were a real nightmare as we were torn in between publishing tributes to Mrs. Gandhi, preparations for her funeral, the unfortunate…
Read MoreBlog: Genetics Of Character
By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Group Editor-ICN World CHANDIGARH: Now chemically speaking what is this character made of. Certain ingredients the admixture of which determine or form the character of an individual? As the mixing of colours brings out an altogether different colour? As the inputs of spices in certain degrees determines it’s taste? As the mixing of chemicals can produce explosive results? True, the characters are the outcome of such genetic admixtures God only plants in the ethral body. Only HE knows the end result the plant will produce at what particular…
Read MoreBLOG: GENETICS OF CHARACTER
By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Group Editor-ICN World CHANDIGARH: Spiritually speaking we are all made of five elements viz earth, fire, water, air and sky. These are the five ingredients of which we are born and to these elements alone we shall return. Now there are characteristics; physical and behavioural. The physical characteristics are drawn from the genetic admixture of parental components but the behavioural characters are formed of past karmas. As the parental characters include those of past generations similarly behavioural characters are drawn from not one but many a past lives.…
Read MoreBetween Sad And World
By: C.P. Singh, Literary Editor-ICN Group There may be various reasons to become sad. As soon as one becomes sad, he is “ Worldly Bad “. Eats sorrow, thinks and uses calamities, wears clad, Drinks the ocean of tears, within, openly glad. One can be very happy by rains, others not, Clouds do carry their effects, as we perceive. Sky, clouds, rains on earth, regularly we got, But well talked about, “Horizons”, ever deceive. Rains are our beings and sun rays, happiness, Once, both cooperate, we see a “ Rainbow ”.…
Read MoreCORONAVIRUS: THE THIRD WORLD WAR
By: Tarun Prakash Srivastava, Sr. Executive Editor-ICN Group I had read a story in my childhood. A magician arrived in a king’s court and after enchanting everyone with a display of his magical artistry, when the king asked him to ask for something, he said, “O Rajan! Provide me with doubling rice in each chess square.” The king thought that there would be only a handful of rice, but when the rice was counted, the total rice of his kingdom fell but the magician’s bag was not filled. This old…
Read MoreNow Himachal Pradesh Too Brought Under Curfew
By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Group Editor-ICN World SHIMLA: The state government has decided to impose curfew in the whole state from 5 pm today in wake of outbreak of Coronavirus in the state as well as country till further orders. This was decided in the meeting presided over by the Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur with the Ministers and Officers of the state government to reviewed the overall situation of the state. Chief Minister said that district level coordination committee has been constituted at the district level for effective and…
Read More“Tears,The True Friends“
By: C.P. Singh, Literary Editor-ICN Group Emotions of any kind, affect and melt the core, It fills in, then flows, affectionately to our eyes. They dissolve one’s being in it, even before, Draining to fill and be in our situation –felt – eyes. Emotions and being, thus so fully dissolved in, The natural secretion , called tears, and fills. Coming as true friends, in every situations’ Din, Remain intact in all ,glad –sad, as Heart’s –Bills. These tiny drops, draining via eyes, to say, Never leave me alone, be what the…
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