Social Cause Newsletter dated February 1-15, 2007

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February 1-15, 2007 issue of 'Social Cause' is now available at

 

 

 

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It contains the following items

 

 

 

 

Quote

 

"Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare."

 

- Japanese Proverb

 

 

 

News

Young Indians world's happiest

India brings back orbitting satellite to earth for first time

Indians largest foreign-born population in London

Thanks to Indians, America is richer

National ID cards to start rolling in March

Man who moved a moutain

Ancient Vishnu idol can change view on Russian history

Harappan period cementery unearthed in UP

MP village attempts to revive Sanskrit

Unique Nataraj temple built by Dr. Karan Singh

One-third of Chennai police force to pilgrimate to Sabarimala

Temple set to install Ravana's idol

Panini Mahavidyalaya produces women priests

Plea to stop damage to Rama Sethu bridge

In Rajasthan, a rare multi-communal wedding

Advani wants Pakistan archeologists to see Tirupati

Open a new route to Manasarovar, says Advani

Japanese woman comes out of 72-hour long samadhi

A day at Ardh Kumbh festival

Congress Govt. in HP passes anti-conversion legislation

Lalu demands renaming of Patna as 'Azimabad'

UP Family Planning Minister wants Muslim woman to produce more kids

Madhya Pradesh imbibes family planning lessons from Pakistan

SP ads in urdu press project Mulayam as minorities' messiah

Ahead of UP polls, Govt. plans a map of minorities

UPA govt. directs banks to earmrk portion of loan disbursement for minorities

Apex court rejects Afzal's plea

Spain cathedral shuns Muslim plea

Islamic radicals infiltrate UK universities

All of Bangladesh can't come to India, SC tell Govt.

Hand pulled rickshaws to be taken off Kolkata roads

Germany to crack down on violent video games

'Yoga lite' streches into public schools in US

 

 

 

Articles - Sachar Committee Report

Social, Economic and Educational Status of Muslim Community - Justice Rajindar Sachar Committee

Flawed report on Muslims - Syed Shahabuddin

No quota, please - Arif Mohd. Khan

Minorityism rules - Arif Mohd. Khan

Emphasise on Daridra Narayana - Arif Mohd. Khan

Reports & Reports but no results - Syed Taheer Mahmood

Throw out Sachar report - A. Surya Prakash

Wakfs, temples and Sachar - A. Surya Prakash

Minorityism hurts minority interests - Ram Madhav

Sachar Committee: Fiction as statistics - KPS Gill

Sachar report flawed - SS Gill

Sachar stats only prove an old theorem - Arvind Lavkare

Reserved to be backward - Balbir K. Punj

UPA communalises economy - Balbir K. Punj

Who is responsible for Muslim backwardness? - P. Deivamuthu

Backward by choice - KR Phanda

The Muslim mindset - Hari Jaisingh

Muslims seized from within - Swapan Dasgupta

Alas! Grievances centre on yearning for a "pure" Islamic state - Swapan Dasgupta

This country won't allow another Jinnah - Easwaran Nambudiri

A document to divide - Ram Gopal

The Sachar report and appeasement - M.V. Kamath

Give Muslim poor guidance, not dole - M.V. Kamath

Separate and unequal - Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Sonia, Singh and Sachar - Escalating separatism - Radha Rajan

Sachar will not mainstream Muslim - Editorial, The Pioneer

Survey shames secularists - Editorial, Free Press Journal

New facade of minorityism for national development - Competition Success Review

Don't impede amalgamation by skew claims - Vasundhara Raje

As the secular India re-opens pre-partition appeasement theatre - S. Gurumurthy

 

 

Editorial Comments

ISRO makes a come back - The Hindu

End forced land acquisition - The Economic Times

Court can't favour Sanjay Dutt - The Pioneer

>From Pakistan, with Jihad - The New York Times

Meat and the Planet - The New York Times

 

 

Address

What can I give to my nation? - Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

 

 

 

Book Review

Review of Suresh Soni's "India's Glorious Scientific Tradition" - Amba Charan Vashishth

 

 

Reports

Arise! programme held at Bharatiya Vidyabhavan School, Sainikpuri - Madhavi Akella

Arise! programme held at a Malkajgiri school in Hyderabad - Madhavi Akella

 

 

 

 

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Srihari

 

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