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Thursday, December 27, 2007

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

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

 

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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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