Category: WORLD

By: Dr. Mohammad Aleem, Editor-ICN Group NEW DELHI: It was 2006 when the Penguin Books India approached me to translate a book from English to Hindi. It was a very famous one, named, “Good Muslims, Bad Muslims” by a scholarly writer, Mahmoud Mamdani from the Columbia University. The title soon attracted my attention as it had enticed the publisher to get it translated in Hindi, so a large number of Indians could also read this book. But what was in it which made it so popular? As I think over…

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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 on…

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By: Dr.Mohammad Aleem (Chief News Editor-ICN GROUP) Benjamin Franklin was such a man of huge stature and height, and most of all, those capabilities which had the power to influence and change many lives. NEW DELHI: A question arises so simply here, that why should we read, and know about a man and his works, who have died some two centuries back, and lived not on this land, but many oceans far away? But, I do believe, that, some men and women have always a great power to attract and allure us…

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By: Barnali Bose, Editor-ICN NEW YORK: Liberty, one of the keywords in the Indian constitution was incorporated into it from the French Constitution.And what better way could there be to get a feel of it but at the Liberty State Park, the Ellis Island and the Liberty island located between New York City and Hudson County,New Jersey ? Through the looking glass: The second statement of the American Declaration of Independence states : “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their…

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By: Barnali Bose, Editor-ICN NEW YORK: Liberty, one of the keywords in the Indian constitution was incorporated into it from the French Constitution.And what better way could there be to get a feel of it but at the Liberty State Park, the Ellis Island and the Liberty island located between New York City and Hudson County,New Jersey ? A visit to Lady Liberty,the Silent Sentinel As the Statue cruise gradually sailed away from the Ellis island, scenes of the  immigration that has so well been depicted on the walls of the Ellis…

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By: Barnali Bose, Editor-ICN NEW YORK: Liberty, one of the keywords in the Indian constitution was incorporated into it from the French Constitution.And what better way could there be to get a feel of it but at the Liberty State Park, the Ellis Island and the Liberty island located between New York City and Hudson County,New Jersey ? Cruise to Ellis Island : Where the first immigrant set foot We arrived approximately 30 minutes before our scheduled reserve time that was 8.30 am.We had to undergo  a mandatory airport grade security screening…

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By: Barnali Bose, Editor-ICN NEW YORK: Liberty, one of the keywords in the Indian constitution was incorporated into it from the French Constitution.And what better way could there be to get a feel of it but at the Liberty State Park, the Ellis Island and the Liberty island located between New York City and Hudson County,New Jersey ? A stroll along the sprawling waterfront on Liberty State Park: The first morning that we reached Guttenberg in New Jersey,  we decided to explore the places in the vicinity, as we were…

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