Category: ICN BLOGS

By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group Will undergoing punishments pronounced by the Laws of land unblemish the tarnished characters of so called ‘spiritual gurus’ like Asaram or Ram Rahim? Clad in white robes Asaram used to play god for his thousands of devotees swinging their heads in trance as he would look out for his next prey in the crowd ready to do anything for his pleasure. And the super hero Ram Rahim doning himself as silver screen heroes and religious gurus of the past would enthrall his devotees with…

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By: Prof. Satyendra Kumar Singh, Editor-ICN The Homoeopathic sweet tablets and the touch of the doctor make me reach there since my childhood. Among all the pains and illness that we see today made me have a different thought. This time, my agony is not due to physical pains or ailments. What I am pained is all because of the emotional sickness that we find all around us. While driving to my wokplace, I saw couple of fruitsellers and local puri-bhajiwala. They were busy in their own business. It hardly…

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By: Barnali Bose ( Sr. Associate Editor ICN-Group ) KOLKATA: Some days back, Nature Club members of St. Agnes’ Convent School, Howrah were taken for a Nature Study Program  to  Banabitan Biodiversity Park  in Salt lake city. WWF Kolkata had organised the trip . Besides strolling through the beautiful rose garden, the following activities not only ignited their interest in nature but also enhanced their knowledge through hands-on experience. Water quality analysis was done by a WWF researcher. Presence of Water Strider in the water body proved that the water…

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By: Dr. Mohammad Aleem ( Chief News Editor-ICN Group ) NEW DELHI: Social media is playing a very crucial role in disseminating the essential information these days. We get the latest news even much before the dedicated channels start airing and broadcasting it. Of late, I received an audio clip on my Whatsapp. It was sent by one of my Whatsapp friends. Usually, I do ignore such audio and video clips knowing that in most of the cases it proves a rubbish one. But I played this clipping and when…

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By: Prof. Satyendra Kumar Singh ( News Editor-ICN Group ) LUCKNOW: The world of the day is divided into two basic segments; one that use the (social) media to share their views and opinions about certain issues. The social media doesn’t mean only online social channels. The sense of social media is the every possible mode of interaction like the local tea-stall or your garden with newspaper in the hands. Such vocal people love to be proactive enough to strategise their plans for the day, go and hunt for fresh food…

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By: Barnali Bose ( Associate Editor-ICN Group ) One night a man had a dream.He dreamt he was walking along the beach with God. Across the sky, flashed scenes from his life.He turned back and saw two sets of footprints in the sand, one belonging to him and the other to the Lord. He was happy that God was with him during his journey of life. Then came glimpses of those times when life had not been very kind to him. But the thought that God was with him gave…

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By: Barnali Bose (Associate Editor-ICN Group ) Every year, on the anniversary of the famous Boston Tea Party, a re-enactment party is thrown in Boston. Visitors can tour replicas of the three ships that were silent witnesses to the historic event. Last summer, I visited Boston, the capital city of Massachusetts in the United States of America. As I stood at the Boston Harbour and glanced at the ships anchored there, I could almost visualize the scene of the group of ‘Sons of Liberty’ dressed as native Americans stealthily creeping…

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By: Prof. Satyendra Kumar Singh ( Associate Editor-ICN Group ) LUCKNOW: The world of the day is just so cool and smart, courtesy my sweet little teenagers and the youths at hearts. The styles, the fashion, the gadgets and various other stuffs do make us and our surroundings a fantastic pool of knowledge wherein we all thrive to dive. We intend to compete, we lust for the wins and we wish to pose our knowledge. What we simply ignore hence that the mind is the sharpest tool around but it needs…

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma ( Editor-ICN Group ) SHIMLA : Midnight strolling on the historical Mall of Shimla when the temperature had dipped to 3 degrees and even the dogs had taken shelter in creeks or cozy hideouts,  I was the lone soul heaving deep breaths having walked up the Command steep from Shimla bus stand on way to my home in Lakkar Bazar. The mist and fog had engulfed the pole lights and mercury bulbs could barely pierce the mist and appeared like tiny bulbs. The vast expanse of Mall road at…

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By: Barnali Bose ( Associate Editor-ICN Group )  Suburban trains :  Great leveller of sorts CHANDANNAGAR: Mother Nature has strange ways of levelling out imbalances in life.Sometimes the remnants of palatial homes and shanties floating side by side in floods while at times,both  reduced to mere rubbles in quakes are silent testimonies to this indisputable fact. The greatest leveller,of course is death. Prince or Pauper meet the same fate at his death. “Earth thou art and to earth thou shalt return” is the ultimate truth. In our daily lives ,we…

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