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'Social Cause' Newsletter Issue dated 'August 16-31, 2009'

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"We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added." - Ronald Reagan

Articles - Indo-Pak Relations
Dangerous fallacies - Brahma Chellaney
India betrayed at Sharm - A. Surya Prakash
India's tryst with trust but verify - A. Surya Prakash
Gilani's draft, Singh's bit - S. Gurumurthy
Indo-Pak peace: Play to win, Mr. Prime Minister - M.J. Akbar
He may have the will, but does he have a way? - M.J. Akbar
A thin hope for peace worth preserving - M.J. Akbar
Manmohan deserves Nishaan-e-Pakistan - Swapan Dasgupta
Sharm statement lies in tatters - Kanchan Gupta
Backfoot on Balochistan - Chandan Mitra
'There's been no let-up in Pakistan's sponsorship of terror' - Kuldeep Khoda
Peace at any price? - Kanwal Sibal
Indian hand in Balochistan - V. Sudarshan
Balochistan: an ethnic cauldron - O.P. Sabherwal
Let's not shy away from talking about Balochistan - Mohan Guruswamy
India should join others in containment drive - K. Subrahmanyam
Engaging Pakistan - Editorial, The Times of India
It's No Game - Editorial, The Times of India
Red herrings from Pakistan - Editorial, Deccan Chronicle

Editorial Comments
India would be a leader in renewable energy - Editorial, The Indian Express
Counterfeit currency: Time to fight insidious menace - Editorial, The Tribune
Should HC judges be posted to the court they were lawyers in? - Editorial, The Indian Express
India - Editorial, The Pioneer
The decline of BSNL - Editorial, The Economic Times
The draft direct taxes code is a brave attempt - Editorial, The Economic Times

Interview
"Protect interests of farmers" - Dr. M.S. Swaminathan

News
Isro launches desi version of google earth
India now 6th member of N-submarine club
Race begins for $12 bn India warjet deal
Antony promises action on national war memorial soon
NRI voting rights bill under examination: Government
Eastern Himalayas reveals abundance of new species
Rs.1,000 crore to States for compensatory afforestation
India to open new uranium mines, boost nuclear power
First lot of unique ID in 12-18 months
In 2011, trial to take three years not 15?
Punjab farmers in demand in Mongolia, Sudan
Newspaper by rural Indian women wins UN literacy award
Magsaysay Award for Indian social worker Deep Joshi
Andhra students develop air car prototype
Shirdi gets world's largest solar steam system
Hindu epic Mahabharata retold - tweet by tweet
When birds stopped chirping and tigers slept
It's now 'bhojan mantra' for Madhya Pradesh schools
Malaysia glass temple set to become major tourist attraction
Hindu priestess in White House advisory council
North India losing ground water at rate of foot per year: Nasa
6 lakh tonne of foodgrains rot, Pawar downplays figures
Intruders having field day on borders
Antony spills the beans, says MIG-29 structurally flawed
Sleeping govts let Naxals grow: PC
SBI, Tata, Sahara figure in top tax defaulters list
Secret Indian currency template compromised: CBI
Pak agencies, LeT pumping fake currency: Govt
RBI: 2 lakh fake notes in circulation
Four notes out of a million notes or fake: RBI
No takers for machine detecting fake currency
IITs can't expel SC, ST students on merit excuse: SC
Rajasthan Governor approves bill to provide 5% quota to Gujjars, 14% to EBCs
SP for inclusion of 16 castes in UP in SC list
HC stays implementation of UP Govt. order providing 50% reservation
Modi deprives poor Muslim students of scholarship
Government committed to well-being of minorities: PM
Minority Affairs Ministry to set up 'listening post'
Bigamy against true Islamic law, says law panel
'Bigamy report aimed at Hindus', says Law Commission member Tahir Mahmood
Deeds of AMU V-C come under scanner
Sudanese woman who dared wear trousers faces public flogging
Pak's first Hindu foreign official to present 'tolerant' image
In BJP company, Mulayam, Lalu change tune on Pak
Statue mania: BSP cites Cong
Andhra High Court stays state funding of Christian pilgrimage
PIL challenges Andhra govt's decision to release lifers
Death penalty for three in 2003 Mumbai blasts case
Public land for public, not gods: Apex Court
HC seeks details of Tirumala temple property
Long cohabitation of couples is presumption of marriage: SC
India makes formal attempt to block climate-related trade barriers
US for curbing ENR tech transfer
India slams US body's criticism on religious freedom
Break India, says China think-tank
Google admits 'mistake' of wrong depiction of Arunachal
China owns up Nigerian fake 'Made in India' drugs cargo
China cites technical hitches for not supporting ban on Jaish
Spurt in Chinese 'intrusions': India
Decision taken to hold Year of Friendship with China in India
Sino-Indian border talks resume, likely to be dead heat
High-speed trains stars of China army drill
India, US planned to attack China through Nepal: Prachanda
Bhutan to step up vigil at its border with India

Report
Understanding the mindset and ideology of Jihadis is important, says B. Raman at Social Cause programme

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