Category: ICN BLOGS

By: Mehwash Fatima NEW DELHI: I don’t know much about other places, but here I am talking particularly about Delhi, as I am here since my childhood. Delhi is a very beautiful and fascinating city, no doubt. It has the best tourist places and best food. But, instead of all these, it has dark truths buried inside its beauty. We generally get to see the chimeras and the blooming streets, and shops. But very less people get acquainted with the gloom and horror hidden there. In schools, shopping places, coaching centers…

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By: Dr. Mohammad Aleem ( Chief News Editor-ICN Group ) NEW DELHI: It is often a debatable issue that who among the four sons of the great Mughal king, Shahjahan was the most gifted and learned and true to his expectations. He had four sons, Dara Shikoh, Shah Shuja, Murad Baksh and Aurangzeb and three daughters Jahanara, Roshanara and Gauharara. Had the great king erred in judging the true capabilities of his sons? Had he assigned the task of his kingdom according to the qualities to rule the country, the…

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By: Prof. Satyendra Kumar Singh ( Associate Editor-ICN Group )   Hey dude! Good morning. Before you have breakfast today, just list out your schedule for the day. How much time are you going to give to television? What about your free time, how are you going to utilize that? Hey! Don’t panic. Just give it a thought and proceed to your breakfast. It is better to have it hot and fumy. Hope, you are done! Now, let us ponder again. Once you have the list of the tasks for the…

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By: Satyendra Kumar Singh ( Associate Editor-ICN Group ) LUCKNOW: Everyone wants to win. And the common belief and practice is to go and play shots that of Sehwag. But is life a 20-20 match??? Think once, think twice, think thrice. However, one rarely finds the slow movers fumbling. Isn’t it? If you feel that you can achieve your dreams in one year, shift it to two years. Not only will it be achieved easily, it will lessen the unnecessary stress on your mind and body. Such an achievement is longlasting…

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By: 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 of not…

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By: Dr. Mohammad Aleem ( Chief News Editor-ICN Group) As a world poet had been firmly established and everybody knew that he was the first recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature from Asia. NEW DELHI: It is always a pleasurable thing to read and know the interesting and mesmerizing aspects of one’s life. And if that person is a poet and writer and a great visionary like Tagore, it entices you much more than others. Nobel laureate and great poet, Rabindra Nath Tagore gives us an ample amount of things…

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma (Editor-ICN Group) SHIMLA: The next day, before venturing out we first enquire about the situation in the city at the reception of the hotel. I also glance through the local newspapers. We are naturally scared that it may not be another bandh called by the separatists. Fortunately everything is informed to be normal though we are advised to avoid the Lal Chowk area where some times the situation turns bad. I am curious about economics of the tourism business which is often halted by curfews imposed…

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma (Editor-ICN Group) SHIMLA: The state government has started inviting and welcoming tourists from all over the country to visit Srinagar, long referred as the paradise on earth.The separatists don’t have anything to do with tourists and they are not harmed, I am told by a local friend, and the state government too is giving assurance of safety. For many like me who had been waiting on the wings for mist of militancy to settle, it was a welcome step at the right time to head for…

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By: Dr.Mohammad Aleem (Chief News Editor-ICN Group)  NEW DELHI: Benjamin was at heart a good writer, so he was a good observer of human feelings and sentiments also. He writes in the same chapter of the book while observing his men on the battlefield in these words: “This gave me occasion to observe, that, when men are employed, they are best contentented; for on the days they worked they were good-natured and cheerful, and, with the consciousness of having done a good day’s work, they spent the evening jollily; but…

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