Is The Virgin Mary Shedding Tears? Rationalists Investigate An Alleged Miracle in Kerala, India
Narendra Nayak, president of FIRA, reports on the results of an investigation into the alleged miracle involving a flex-print of the holy virgin Mary shedding tears in a church in Kerala.
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God And The Gospel Of Globalisation: Against All Hope, Secularism Remains A Myth
10 March 2010, by Meera Nanda
Religions have adapted well to the new free-market paradigm, both in India and abroad. Meera Nanda restates the central argument of her latest book, The God Market, and argues that if we look past communal violence the new global economy has been great for religion in all its superstitious and pseudoscientific glory.
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I That I Protect : A Poem by Nalini Hebbar
07 March 2010, by Nalini Hebbar
Alone into this world I am born/ With no name to call my very own/ The womb that fatefully shaped me/ And the eyes that lovingly peer at me/ Are the ones that give me my identity/ The ‘I’ that I so protectively preserve.
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Freethought News: Weeping Mary (Mathavu) to be Investigated by Rationalists (Video)
04 March 2010, by Editor
Rationalists from the Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations, headed by president professor Narendra Nayak, will be testing the veracity of the claim that the image of the Catholic religious figure is shedding tears. The Bishop of a Church has invited the Rationalists to make sure that this phenomenon being hailed by locals as a miracle is not a scam.
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Freethought Activism In The Tribal Areas Of Madhya Pradesh
02 March 2010, by Narendra Nayak
Narendra Nayak writes about some recent training programs and demonstrations in the tribal areas of Madhya Pradesh. He recounts his experiences with the Dalits and Adivasis, and addresses the challenges these folks face in getting rid of existing superstitions without replacing them with new ones.
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The God of Gods Battles Brahmanism: Vaasudeva, Krishna and the Bhagavata Revolution
01 March 2010, by Prabhakar Kamath
Today, in thousands of temples across India, Brahmanic loyalists worship Krishna with ostentatious Brahmanic rituals clueless that the Bhagavatas appointed Vaasudeva-Krishna as God of Gods in the Bhagavad Gita to end these very rituals symbolic of decadent Brahmanism!
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COMPLEXITY EXPLAINED: 15. Evolution of Cultural Complexity
26 February 2010, by Vinod K. Wadhawan
In this part of Dr. Wadhawan's series on complexity, he offers us a unique perspective on the evolution of language, speech and culture. He relates these to human intelligence and the brain, finishing with a discussion on the how it is complexity that evolves in these systems, and how the new physics of complexity can help in thinking about cultural evolution.
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Annual Conference: The Science & Rationalists Association Of India- Celebrating 25 Years On March 6-7, 2010
22 February 2010, by Sumitra Padmanavan
The Bharatiya Bigyan O Yuktibadi Samity, based in Kolkota, will be celebrating its 25th year anniversary on the 6th and 7th on March, 2010. This event is being combined with the annual conference of the Association which will include a seminar, workshop and interactive session.
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Reaching Out To The Younger Generation Of Rationalists
19 February 2010, by Narendra Nayak
Professor Narendra Nayak talks about the need to reach out to and train young rationalists. The report also contains a summary of his most recent tour. He lists encounters that are a testament to the success of his training programs, as well as a reminder of the work that is yet to be done.
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The Gita Becomes The Battlefield For The Great Sectarian War
17 February 2010, by Prabhakar Kamath
In this article, Dr. Prabhakar Kamath describes the last stage of the Upanishadic revolution and how the Gita became the battlefield on which Brahmins on one side and the Upanishadists and Bhagavathas on the other fought a great Sectarian War for the Soul of Sanatana Dharma.
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Announcement Of Schedule For Prof. Narendra Nayak’s Rationalism Tour: Feb 13th to March 7th
12 February 2010, by Narendra Nayak
Professor Narendra Nayak has embarked on another rationalism tour in India. This time he focuses his efforts around the Maharashtra and Karnataka regions covering large cities like Mumbai to tribal regions like Itarsi. This tour begins its first event on Feb 13th and ends on March 7th
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Ambiguity : A Poem by Nalini Hebbar
10 February 2010, by Nalini Hebbar
The universe is and will be No mystery lurks in far away places Wisdom changes, it changes you You see different, you see new All that’s there is here right now Here and within deep inside A mind it is that wanders beyond Into the world and space without A lonely journey amid shadows Finds and fosters unseen [...]
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Interview: Dr. Prabhakar Kamath On His Consumer Rights Activism in India
07 February 2010, by Ajita Kamal
After years of practicing psychiatry in the United States, Dr. Prabhakar Kamath moved back to India and founded the consumer rights movement, the first of its kind in the country. This interview gives us a peek into the life of this great man.
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COMPLEXITY EXPLAINED: 14. Biological Complexity at the Edge of Chaos
02 February 2010, by Vinod K. Wadhawan
Biological and other kinds of complexity thrive best at the 'edge of chaos,' and this is where evolutionary forces usually operate. The dynamics of complexity around the edge of chaos is ideally suited for evolution that does not destroy self-organization.
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Upanishadists Create A New God To Beat Back Brahmanism
31 January 2010, by Prabhakar Kamath
In this article Dr. Kamath presents an analysis on how the Upanishadists consolidated their revolution after overthrowing Brahmanism. This is the 10th article in Dr. Kamath's series on the evolution of religious thought in India.
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