Month: January 2018

A JOURNEY FROM LAGAAN TO FARMERS SUICIDES: PART 1

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma ( Editor-ICN Group ) SHIMLA: Farmers since times immemorial have not only been the source of crops to feed the subjects but also source of revenue to the rulers through taxes (lagaan). Neither were there any subsidies in the historical times nor any other benefits  to  help the farmers. From those days of lagaan to the present times of umpteen doles, the plight of farmers does not seem to have changed much going by the statistics of their endless suffering. It is a proven fact that enough is…

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The Living Legend Of Bengali Cinema Receives The Legion d’ honneur

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Report by: Barnali Bose (Senior Associate Editor ICN-Group) On the 30th of January,2018, Soumitra Chatterjee,the living legend of Bengali Cinema received the much coveted Legion d’ honneur  from the French Ambassador Alexandre Ziegler. The honour had earlier been conferred upon Durga Charan Rakshit, Satyajit Ray, Lata Mangeskar, Bikas Chandra Sanyal, Pt Ravi Shankar, Amartya Sen and Sharukh Khan. The actor,now aged 83 has acted in over 300 Bengali feature films of which 14 were directed by Satyajit Ray and 6 by Tapan Sinha, both acclaimed as iconic in Bengali film…

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Sushant Singh Rajput’s look in Sonchiriya breaking the internet

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Sushant Singh Rajput

Sushant Singh Rajput’s look in Sonchiriya breaking the internet ! MUMBAI : Consistently delivering one fine performance after another, Sushant Singh Rajput has always managed to bowl audiences over with his character transformations . Known to get under the skin of his characters , the versatile actor has done it again and is almost unrecognizable as the fierce and rugged dacoit in Abhishek Chaubey’s Sonchiriya. The fictional story is inspired by the tales of Chambal and is set in the 1970’s and Sushant is rumored essay the role of a…

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PADMAVAT: Extravaganza On Celluloid

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By: Barnali Bose ( Sr. Associate Editor, ICN-Group) After tiding over the crosscurrents of controversies that had culminated into oppositions,verbal,physical and legal, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Hindi commercial film Padmavati,renamed Padmavat (to appease the sentiments of the so-called sentinels of Rajput quintessential honour and martyrdom )was finally able to see the light of day on the 25th of January. Bengal,being one of those progressive states where artistic freedom rules the roost  unlike some others ( the proof being the hurdle-free screening of the melodramatic distortion of Sarat chandra  Chatterjee’s  famous novel…

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A tribute to the unsung heroes of the nations by Sonu Nigam

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Atharva Foundation

A tribute to the unsung heroes of the nations by Sonu Nigam. MUMBAI : Atharva Foundation is paying a tribute to our real unsung Heroes’ of the Country by organizing a program named “ONE FOR ALL, ALL FOR ONE” & a great example of selfless service and brotherhood and above all, love for the country is what the Indian Armed Forces are all about. The singer Sonu Nigam was  privileged to sing a patriotic song   ”  Bhool Na Jana Bharat Ke logo “   for this program. This noble cause is initiated by Shri Sunil…

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Stress Sickness- A Major Pain

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By: Poornima Dubey ( Bureau-Ayodhya/Faizabad )  The stress affects the mind-body connection and increases the risk for many diseases. AYODHYA: In this high tech era, every person is going through a major pain of his life – the highly respective and horrifying part of mind status. Yes, you guessed it right; it is the ‘STRESS’. This stress word is itself a horror that is very harmful. But these days we make our life under the dark shades. Our hectic lifestyle gives the problem which we call as STRESS SICKNESS. Actually stress sickness…

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Promote Nationalism, Patriotism, Unity And Integrity Of The Country: Governor To Students

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By: Dr. Dakter Esse (Deputy Editor-North East cum Bureau Chief-ICN Arunachal Pradesh)  ITANAGAR: The Governor of Arunachal Pradesh Brig. (Dr.) B.D. Mishra (Retd.) accompanied by First Lady of the State Smt Neelam Misra attended the annual prize distribution ceremony of Ramakrishna Mission School, Narottam Nagar, Deomali at it school campus in Tirap district on 30thJanuary 2018. Speaking on the occasion, the Governor called upon the students to carry forward the composite, discipline and cultured education that they have imbibed in the institute to different parts of the State and the nation.…

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Karan Singh Grover’s black pen and ink art impresses all

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KARAN SINGH

Karan Singh Grover’s black pen and ink art  impresses all! Karan Singh Grover’s skills and talent as a painter has come to the fore only recently, even though he has been doing sketches and drawings for many years now. Just recently a painting that Karan made had everyone awestruck at home, including wife Bipasha Basu. The talented actor, known for his envious physique, also shared a picture of his new painting on his Instagram account, much to the surprise of his fans who couldn’t stop praising his new piece of…

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Padmavati –Can She Be A Role Model For Women In Current Time

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By: Dr. Sanchita Ghatak ( Associate Editor-ICN Group ) LUCKNOW: From a lot of hue and cry, agitation, terrorizing , threatening the actors  to chop off the head and nose to deleting 70 shots, brilliantly covering the waist line of the ghoomar dancer and even removing the I factor from the name finally Sanjay Leela Bhansali magnum opus in released. The audiences are awestruck with the galore of glamour, which is a usually very common in Bollywood movies like this with a historical touch. Further 3D screening gave it a more…

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Relevance Of Mahatma Gandhi In Today’s Violent Time

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By: Dr. Mohammad Aleem, Chief News Editor, ICN Group NEW DELHI: 30th January 1948 was not any other day in the modern history of India. It was the day when fanaticism won over the non-violence. A preacher of non-violence, peace and co-existence was killed by a fanatic in the name of religion and jingoism. Whenever this day will come, this debate over violence and non-violence is bound to be raised. And it is good if we keep discussing and mulling over it from time-to-time. Mahatma Gandhi was a visionary who…

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