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[India_Vision_2020] Social Cause Newsletter dated May 1-15, 2008

Namaste.

 

May 1-15, 2008 issue of 'Social Cause' is now available at

 

www.socialcause.org

 

It contains the following items

                    

Quote

"The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes."

- Benjamin Disraeli 

News
PSLV places record 10 satellites into orbit
NASA names planet after Indian zoology professor
After 7 decades, polo to revive in Kashmir
'Indian billionaire club to be world's biggest'
From Indus Valley to coastal Tamilnadu
Indian Genome Variation (IGV) project to analyse genes of diverse communities
Digital wave: Indian army gears up for cyber warfare
To bust stress, CRPF jawans to undergo yoga therapy
Finally, Lanka to unveil memorial for Indian soldiers
Pokhran not big for UPA, no celebrations planned
How is Ram Setu a place of worship, asks CJI
Haryana gives 33 grace marks to students to rise pass percentage
Alarm bells ring in Kashmir Valley after militants get EC voter I-cards
MP Subba's citizenship documents fake: CBI
PDP to take up duel currency with Manmohan
'Smugglers' buy land in Rajasthan along Pak border
SIMI runs 'veiled' force
India most afflicted by terrorism: US
Cannot stifle Salwa Judum: Chattisgarh to SC
Manipur to arm its civilians to fight militants
'100 million people at greater risk due to rising food costs'
US eats 5 times more than India per capita
US puts India on watch list for IPR violations
Soon, rape victims will be spared court room trauma
Citizens can seek IT returns of political parties: CIC
Advani for 'time limit' for President's assent to state bills
Modi pens book on RSS leaders
Cheerleaders are meant to seduce the crowd: Bal Thackeray
Son conducts pvt business on President's foreign tour
Supreme Court upholds law for 27% OBC quota
Quota eye-opener from South Africa
OBC quota: 'Don't tamper minority character of Jamia'
Kerala decides to implement Sachar Committee report
'Deoband' upholds fatwa again Bihar Excise Minister
India Huj quota up by 4,000 pilgrims
'Eating beef is unislamic if there is ban'
Bouquets for Darul Uloom plea against cow slaughter
Blasts LeT ammo depot nail Pak lies
Nepal to Delhi: junk sentiment and special ties
Mums can insure unborn babies in Australia
Punjab province to ban lavish weddings
US wants direct access to Pak nuke arsenal

Articles - Tibet
Flying the flag of Tibet - Claude Arpi
Tibet a tale of mice and men - Premen Addy
Tibet: India's image at stake - Air Marshal R.S. Bedi (retd.)
The Tibetan cause - Editorial, The Statesman
China may rue bidding for games - Editorial, The Tribune
China's Olympic fever - M. Rama Rao
1936 once again - Hari Sud
Semantics of the Tibet issue - Joe Thomas Karackattu
Beijing should choose dialogue over doublespeak - Anita Inder Singh
Doublespeak by Marxists - Balbir K. Punj
CPI(M)'s craven loyalty to China - Editorial, The Telegraph
Bengal even bans Tibetan protests - Editorial, The Tribune
Media has 'demonised' China - Fu Ying

Articles - OBC Reservations
SC verdict on seats makes sense - V. Krishna Ananth
The court has tried to keep the balance - P.P. Rao
It's a landmark - Pratap Bhanu Mehta
Is 49% of India poor? - Bibet Debroy
SC ruling throws up many questions - E. Eshwar Anand
The Supreme Court has opened a pandora's box - Rajinder Puri
Quota not the solution to the problem - Devi Cherian
OBCs join study quota - Poonam I Kaushish
Exclusive inclusions - Meghnad Desai
Let's talk out the reservations - Nandita Patel
Creamy layer muddle - B.G. Vergese
Creamy layer exclusion is right - Rajinder Sachar
The skimming of the creamy layer - Dipankar Gupta
OBC quotas: Creamy layer and all that - Nitish Sengupta
The Supreme Court's stunning decision - Indira Jaising
Congress unable to get mileage from quota - Neerja Chowdhury
Affirmative action is not votebank oriented - Jayanthi Natarajan
Seats of new learning - Editorial, The Telegraph
Quota to stay, not in perpetuity, though - Editorial, The Tribune
Not the last word - Editorial, Deccan Chronicle
Not by quotas alone - Editorial, The Indian Express

Articles - Indo-China Relations
Shilpa Shetty trumps Arunachal again - Arun Shourie
China nibbling at Arunachal - Claude Arpi
Sovereignty not one-way street - Swapan Dasgupta
Thwart China's designs on Brahmaputra - Lt. General (retd) Baljit Singh
Nehru didn't have any illusions about China - Ashok Parthasarathi

Editorial Comments
PSLV scores again - The Hindu
Why did India busy second-rate hawks? - The Pioneer
Forest cover in the nation is thinning out dangerously - Deccan Herald
Are bio-fuels the answer? - Business Standard
Lessons from the measles tragedy - The New Indian Express
Sycophancy - thy name is Congress - The Statesman
Baalu forfeits the right to be a Minister - The Tribune
India's influence is declining in Afghanistan - Deccan Herald
Judging judges - DNA Daily News & Analysis
Let RTI cover judiciary too - The Tribune

Book Review
Review of Kristine Larsen's "Stephen Hawking: A Biography" - Manju Gupta (Stephen)

Voice of the People
Implications of SC judgement upholding OBC reservations

Thanks and regards,

Srihari

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