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[India_Vision_2020] Corporate ezine Dec 07 issue - Right to Information

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Editorial team of PR-e-Sense wishes all the members and readers a very happy New Year.

We are pleased to release the December 07 issue of our ezine PR-e-Sense, focusing on Right to Information. This ezine is also integrated with podcast.

In the recent years, lot of discussions are being held on transparency and good governance. Globally, a trend is emerging towards freedom or right to information. Some of the developing countries have already enacted laws to provide information to the citizens.

In this issue, we are discussing the Right to Information Act of India comparing with the similar acts in United Kingdom and United States. Many eminent people have shared their views.

We have also brought out an interesting case study involving controversial Sethu Samudram Project. While the Government is claiming the reduction of cost for ships using the proposed canal, the Govt. owned Shipping company informs that 'they do not have any information under RTI act!

Besides, we are also discussing the impact of Right to Information Act on the Private Sector Corporates and Multinational Companies. They cannot assume that they are not covered under this Act . But many companies in the Corporate Sector would have serious impact, in future, when people start seeking information extensively under RTI Act.

Please read the ezine and offer your feedback.

This ezine and earlier editions may be downloaded from http://www.corporatezine.in

Wishing you again a very happy and prosperous New year

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[India_Vision_2020] Social Cause Newsletter dated December 16-31, 2007

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Namaste.

December 16-31, 2007 issue of 'Social Cause' is now available at

www.socialcause.org

It contains the following items

Quote

"Equal rights for all, special privileges for none." - Thomas Jefferson

News
Indian boy, youngest champion of BBC quiz show
Our next aim is hypersonic Brahmos: DRDO
DRDO in search of Kerala's herbal powers
Green boom at Bhoormajra school in Punjab
Nobel laureate Wangari Mathai awarded Indira Gandhi peace prize
Tongue-tracker to crack India babel
20 more IIITs to be set up
IIM student gets Rs. 8 lakh summer job
Indian among CNN global heroes
Indian doctors get US boost
Centre: no duel citizenship for Pakistan, Bangladesh PIOs
Nagaland CM's request puts MEA in a fix
Govt. may make public war records
Chinese troops destroy Indian posts, bunker
For Defence Minister Antony, Indo-China boarder visit an eye-opener
Why govt is not acting on Chinese incursions, asks Congress Elder
China, India end first ever joint military exercises
China Bhutan effect on India
Only 67 per cent India - Bangla border fenced
Shame! Martyrs' kin asked to pay bribes
Martyrs' kin angry, skip memorial day function
Indian Vice-President seeking excuses for terror acts?
JeM planned to garland Rahul Gandhi with grenades, kidnap and seek release of Afzal Guru
Ram Setu may be man-made: ISRO book
Gurdwaras to adopt unwanted girls
Muslim girl recites Bhagavad Gita slokas
Who is a Hindu? UK school lists out the 'qualities'
100,000 devotees can dine daily at Shirdi 'prasadalaya'
Pay for Pratibha visit, Govt. tells Shirdi Saibaba Trust
Request for Hindu prayer in House of Commons rejected
Hindu temple wins UK honour in online poll
'Vandemataram' ends on bad note for J&K CM
Prophet Mohammed picture sparks row in WB
Fatwa forbids artificial conception for childless Muslims
Fatwa after a historic namaaz near a Cuttak mosque
Now, Muslim quota in housing scheme
Scholarships for students from minority community
Centre to launch pilot scheme for minority women
BJP CMs say no UPA's 'communal budgeting'
Germany battles terror in the classrooms
Nurses in UK hospital told to turn Muslims' beds towards Mecca
80,000 women die during abortions every year in India
Manual scavenging continues unabated
Sex selection among U.K. Indians too
Maya favours quota for poor upper caste
Indian Catholics dismiss a new film on Jesus' "lost years"
Bibles banned at 2008 Beijing Olympics
Vatican defends 'right and duty' to convert members of other faiths
35 years after Idi Amin, Indians again flocking to Uganda
Pak govt. trying to 'co-opt Bhagat Singh's legacy'
'Pakistan used US billions to fight India, not Qaeda', reports New York Times
US budget bill for 2008 include $ 250 million for Pakistan
Don't die in Parliament, says stupidest law in UK
Take off your tie to help the planet, says Italy

Articles - Gujarat Verdict 2007
Triumph signals BJP comeback trail - L.K. Advani
'I'll concede defeat if I've made a single communal speech" - Narendra Modi
Saffron surge - Tarun Vijay
Turning point - Chandan Mitra
After Advani who? Debate is settled - Swapan Dasgupta
Gujrat to impact Indian politics - Arun Nehru
Why the idea of Modi wins - Pratap Bhanu Mehta
Life after V-G day - Ashok Malik
She can only win, never lose! - S. Gurumurthy
After Gujarat, can Sonia rescue the Congress - Abheek Barman
Modi can't be fascist - Prafull Goradia
Lessons of Gujarat - Dr. P.C. Alexander
Implications of Modi victory - Neerja Chowdhury
Winner takes it all - Pankaj Vohra
Idols are better vote-getters than ideology - Kanchan Gupta
Reaping the Gujarat whirlwind - Rajiv Desai
Now will Modi modify his style - Pravin Sheth
Why Modi appeals to Hindus - B. Raman
If left alone, Modi can make Gujarat rival China's SEZs - K.P. Nayar
The damage secularists do - R. Jagannathan
What Gujarat thinks today ... - Jyotirmaya Sharma
The road beyond Gujarat victory - Harish Khare
Can't write-off a politician as he mismanaged affairs to allow genocide - Rajinder Puri
Charm offensive - Sitaram Yechury
Wake-up call for Congress - Imtiaz Ahmad
Congress malaise is compromise - Inder Malhotra
The Modi model - Uday Mahurkar
Development wins elections - Editorial, The Economic Times
Modi crafts a new political template - Editorial, The Pioneer
Moditva's moment - Editorial, The Indian Express
Modi shining - Editorial, The Hindustan Times
Rise of Narendra Modi - Editorial, The Tribune
Poll speak - Editorial, The Tribune
Modi's triumph, Congress debacle - Editorial, The Hindu
What Gujarat means - Editorial, Deccan Chronicle
New face - Editorial, The Telegraph
Is Gujrat India? - Editorial, The Times of India
Congress needs a fix - Editorial, The Times of India
Cong failed to present an alternative vision in Gujarat - Editorial, Deccan Herald
Merchant of Victory - Editorial, The Statesman

Articles - Nandigram
Text of Governor's statement on Nandigram - Gopalkrishna Gandhi
An intellectual loss - Swapan Dasgupta
Dishonest intellectuals of Bolshevism - Tarun Vijay
Stalingram - Tarun Vijay
A plague on all their houses - Kanchan Gupta
CPM's lumpen politics must end - Punyapriya Dasgupta
Marxist butchery - Editorial, The Pioneer
CBI exposes the truth about Nandigram - Editorial, The Pioneer
Buddha is a fascist who fetes CPM goons - Editorial, The Pioneer
Discuss Nandigram: Parliament cannot abdicate responsibility - Editorial, The Pioneer
Kolkata burning - Editorial, The Pioneer
Find buried truth in Nandigram - Editorial, The Pioneer
Banal and belated: PM's offshore reaction on Nandigram - Editorial, The Statesman
CRPF's route-march in Nandigram - Editorial, The Statesman
The challenge of Nandigram - Editorial, The Hindu
Behind the Kolkata violence - Editorial, The Hindu
Street politics - Editorial, The Telegraph
Buddha's re-reminder - Editorial, The New Indian Express
Peace must rule - Editorial, The Telegraph
Kolkata is caught in tensions and violence - Editorial, The Tribune
Buddhadev's Waterloo - Shika Mukherjee
Nandigram is supposed to have taught reactionaries a lesson - Ashok V. Desai
The city of ploy - Ishan Chaudhuri
Separated at birth - Sagarika Ghose
In the grip of comrades - Mukulika Banerjee
What he said and he didn't - Rudrangshu Mukherjee
Who did what in Nandigram? - B.S. Raghavan
Nandigram and the Left's decline - Arun Kumar

Articles - Taslima
Banished within & without - Taslima Nasreen
CPM & the making of a monster - Swapan Dasgupta
Do we pass the Taslima test - Karan Thapar
The Taslima controversy will test the integrity of Left intelligentsia - Ramachandra Guha
A pawn called Taslima - Nilanjana S. Roy
The Taslima controversy - Vir Sanghvi
Is the case of Taslima Nasreen similar to that of MF Hussain - Ashok Chowgule
Muslim fury in Kolkata - Saradindu Mukherjee
Now a communal response - Editorial, Business Standard
Taslima on the run: A matter of shame for Marxists - Editorial, The Tribune
Let her be - Editorial, The Time of India
Basu's doublespeak - Editorial, The Pioneer
Taslima's travails - Editorial, The New Indian Express
Tussle over Taslima: Both state and society have failed - Editorial, The Tribune

Articles - 123 Agreement
Please check your facts, Mr Minister - Brahma Chellaney
The myth being sold about nuclear bijlee - Sudheendra Kulkarni
Truth must be told - Arvind Lavakare
No threat to India's strategic programme - Arundhati Ghose
Solution lies in political domain - Arundhati Ghose
Reassuring text message - K. Kasturirangan
US needs partnership with India - Maj. Gen. (retd) Ashok K. Mehta
Questions for the Left - D N Ghosh
UPA can't ignore N-deal critics - Satish Chandra
There's more to energy than N-power - Arun Kumar Singh
Who killed 2007? - M.J. Akbar
Can the impasse on the nuclear deal be broken? - M.R. Srinivasan
Renegotiating N-deal: It's hazardous politicking - O.P. Sabherwal
Jettison the no-first-use nuclear policy - M.P. Anil Kumar
A U.S.-Indian partnership against nukes - Karl F. Inderfurth & Bruce Riedel

Articles - Malaysia
Should India care for ethnic Indians in other countries? - Sudheendra Kulkarni
Malaysian mala fides - Ashok Malik
Malaysia has changed, but not for the better - Tarun Vijay
The great divide in Malaysia - Ravi S. Joshi
The Malaysian apartheid - Sharanya Manivannan
Malaysian Indians: a disadvantaged community - V. Suryanarayan
Malaysia's Indian community needs informal political advice - K. P. Nayar
Malaysian Indians: New Delhi must tread cautiously - Sam Rajappa
'I appeal to all human rightists to help Malaysian minorities' - P. Wytha Moorthy
Diplomacy can put out Malaysian fire - Sunanda K Datta-Ray
Why Malaysian Hindus are angry - B. Raman
Malaysia's social compact is fraying - Phillip Bowring
Malaysia at the crossroads - P.S. Suryanarayana
Malaysia in the wrong - Editorial, The Hindu
A step forward in Malaysia - Editorial, The Hindu
Promises to keep - Editorial, The Telegraph

Editorial Comments
Supercomputing breakthrough - The Hindu
Twin telecom decisions will make services more efficient - Deccan Herald
Parliament should sit longer to transact business - The Tribune
Naxal challenge: Business as usual would be a pity - The New Indian Express
Anti-terror aid to Pakistan is grossly misused - The Times of India

Book Review
Review of Maj Gen V.K. Singh's "Leadership in the Indian Army: Biographies of Twelve Soldiers" - Rakesh Datta

Humble Homage
P.N. Oak dedicated his life to find the true history of India - Aditya Rao
Benazir Bhutto was first ever woman elected to lead a Muslim state - Srihari Avuthu

Report
Seminar organised on "Violence in Nandigram - Root Cause and Remedies" - Chetan Agrawal

Voice of the People
The Gujarat Verdict 2007

Thanks and regards,

Srihari

for 'Social Cause'

www.socialcause.org

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[India_Vision_2020] Old Age Homes and Retirement Township in India

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Life expectancy is steadily increasing, but cities are no longer safe nor friendly neighbors a certainty. Alternative housing for the aged is a practical lifestyle solution that developers are now ready to provide.

The fading joint family system in India and other innumerable factors have given rise to west-inspired phenomena of old age homes. Surprising cost of living and scanty return on savings have almost pushed these senior citizens on roads. Such an act has triggered the security net of the helpless, which has almost vanished in many states in India with Kerala topping the list.

Elders have started walking out of their own home in search of a journey that promises peace, joy and celebration of life with a group of people who share the same boat of life (the wrecked one). However not may rather none of them receive it.
A growing number of financially independent senior citizens now prefer to stay in retirement resorts instead of languishing in the quintessential old-age homes that they feel are "overcrowded" and "unsafe".

Also Insecurity, loneliness and lack of companionship — some of life's hard-to-swallow problems — become a daily reality for these elderly persons whose children either settle abroad, or in some other state, for better career opportunities.
The concept of retirement resorts or complexes is gradually emerging as the most viable option among the senior members of society who are financially independent. They want to live with dignity and, above all, want to be secure.

Townships and residential colonies exclusively for senior citizens are now coming up in the state where they can relocate and spend the sunset of their lives without bothering about paying electricity bills, cooking and getting prompt medical care.

It is this combination of physical and emotional satisfaction that today's retirement homes strive to provide. From an era where old-age homes were synonymous with charitable institutions for the indigent and orphaned elderly, we moved some years ago to the far more refined paid homes, where amenities were good and services like on-site medical check-ups and transport arrangements were provided. Now, retirement homes are set to enter a third phase of evolution.

So I have found few good Retirement Township and Old Age homes for people who can afford them. Also you can find NGO's Associations working for the cause of Elderly.

Read in deatils: http://peopleforsocialcause.blogspot.com/2007/10/old-age-homes-and-retirement-township.html

Warm Regards,
Sailesh Mishra
Advisor - Society for Serving Seniors
Life Member - ARDSI,Mumbai Chapter
Blog: http://peopleforsocialcause.blogspot.com/

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[India_Vision_2020] "Wings of Evolution" - a film on Siragu Montessori School run by Suyam

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(Moderator's Note : We have already featured about Suyam as 'Unsung Heroes' in our India Vision site. They provide education to the 'street children'. Last week, I personally visited their School and got impressed with the work done by them. I found lot of lot hidden potentiality in these children. Shortly we are releasing a podcast on their activities)

Dear All,

Our friends Sindhu, Ramesh, Raghu & Dass live in USA, recently made a
film on Siragu. It is 48 minutes duration movie which clearly depicts
the education system of Siragu, its challenges and its requirements.

click the link below to watch the trailer of the same
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTzQIuXg8xM

the movie already screened in USA for 4 times and also sent for
International Children Film Festival. Also, planning to screen the
same in the theatres of Chennai. We wish if you have any contact with
the theatres here, do support.

View the trailer and give us your comments.

for more details of Wings of Evolution, please see the website details
below.

website details of accessiblehorizonfilms
- http://acchor.blogspot.com/search/label/Siragu%20Documentary
- http://www.accessiblehorizonfilms.com/siragu.html
- http://www.accessiblehorizonfilms.com

We convey our NEW YEAR WISHES in advance on behalf of cute children of
SIRAGU.

regards.

Uma and Muthuram.

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[India_Vision_2020] ABCI Award for our corporate ezine PR-e-Sense

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Hi all

We have received information from Association of Business Communicators of India (ABCI) infomring us that our ezine PR-e-Sense has been nominated for the Award by the eminent juries under 'ezine category'. The Award function is being held at Mumbai on 11th jan 2008.

PR-e-Sense is being published for the past 21 months without break;
Every month the ezine carries an exclusive theme relevant for Corporates and communication.
Most of the ezines are integrated with podcast;
Many eminent persons are associated with the ezine either as Guest Editors or as contributors;
Above all, we do not accept any Advertisements in our ezine.

We are extremely grateful to our readers and members for their continued support, feedback and guidance. During this happy moment, the editorial team dedicates the Award to our members.

All the earlier ezines may be downloaded from www.corporatezine.in

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[India_Vision_2020] Media and Disaster Management Workshop at Chennai

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FOR POSTING IN NMF, others:- For serious journalists, NGOs, media teachers, media students, any academic in the social sciences interested in media and disaster management.

Invitation to participate in the on Media and Disaster Management

held in

Chennai on 14^th & 15^th December 2007

The Media Information and Communication Centre of India (MICCI) is a non-profit trust devoted to organizing seminars, conferences, workshops, research and publications in the field of media with a national and international focus.

The media plays a significant role in disaster preparedness, mitigation and management. Also, realizing the significance of the concept of 'Community Based Disaster Management", MICCI proposes to conduct a two day workshop on "Media and Disaster Management" in collaboration with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, (FES) and the local partner Indian Online Media Forum (IOMF) on 14 ^th and 15^th December 2007 in Chennai at Hotel Chennai Gateway, (near Koyambedu Junction), Koyambedu, Chennai.

The workshop aims at sensitizing journalists, media academics and students, NGOs, and government officials in the area of disaster management and the media's role in it. T he programme includes direct interaction with the experts and academics from the respective fields.

We would be grateful if you can participate in this workshop meant for capacity building on Disaster Management.

I kindly request the interested participants to register over phone before 12 ^th December 2007

Thanking you,

Yours sincerely,

Satish Nagaraji

Workshop Convener

Mobile: 98841 72240

e-mail: satishn.mail@gmail.com

Enclosure: Workshop Schedule

Tentative Schedule

Date: 14^th and 15^th December 2007

Venue: Woodhouse, Hotel Chennai Gateway, Koyambedu, Chennai

Time: Registration starts at 9 am

DAY 1 : 14^th December 2007
09.00 am	Registration
09.30 am	Introduction to the Workshop – Environment and Disaster by Dr. I. Arul Aram, Assistant Professor, Department of Media Sciences, Anna University Chennai Inaugural Address by by Mr. D. Suresh Kumar, Chief Reporter, The New Indian Express
10.30 am	Awareness on Natural Disaster and Management by Dr. P. Namalwar Rajan, INCOIS Project Leader , Institute for Ocean Management, Anna University Chennai
11.30 am	BREAK
11.45 am	Message Dissemination and Preparedness for Disaster by Mr. Hansen Thambi Prem, Project Officer (UNDP), Disaster Management Cell, Cuddalore.
12.45 pm	LUNCH
01.30 pm	Prevention of Disasters by Implementing Environmental Plans by Ms. L. Gnanappazham, Scientist, Remote Sensing and GIS Lab, MSSRF
2.30 pm	Improving Scientific Methods in Predicting Harmful Events through Media by Dr. Samuel Selvaraj, Lecturer in Physics, Presidency College
03.30 pm	BREAK
03.45 pm	Role of Community Radio in Disaster Management by Prof. K. Thangaraj, Principal Coordinator, Kongu FM, Kongu Engineering College
DAY 2 : 15^th December 2007
09.30 am	Media Coverage on Climate Change by Dr. Geeta Lakshmi, Research Associate, Madras Institute of Developmental Studies (MIDS)
10.30 am	ICT Village Resource Centres by Mr. A George Stephen Raj, ICT - Programme Manager, Pondicherry Multipurpose Social Service Society (PMSSS)
11.30 am	Media and Disaster in Asian Context by Dr. Zareena Begum Irfan, Assistant Professor, Madras School of Economics
12.30 pm	Valedictory and Certificate Distribution Comdt. N.V. Rama Rao, Officer in-charge, Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre, Chennai

RSVP

Satish Nagaraji

Workshop Convener

Mobile: 98841 72240

e-mail: satishn.mail@gmail.com

Venue Details

Woodhouse Basement,

Hotel Chennai Gateway

Koyambedu Signal

(near 100 Feet Road, Poonamallee Road Signal)

Chennai

Dr I Arul Aram PhD, PDF (LSE)

Assistant Professor

Department of Media Sciences

Anna University

Chennai 600025

Office: 91-44- 64553733, 22351579

Home: 91-44-23614903

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