Nirmukta has recently crossed the 1000 member mark on facebook, and our team has decided that its time to celebrate by hosting an online event. Tom Clark, director of the Center for Naturalism, will speak to us live on the...
Archive - June 2010
Pseudoscience In The Stars: An Indian Rationalist’s Experiences with Astrology
Professor Narendra Nayak, president of FIRA, recounts some of his experiences with astrology.
Exposing The “Miracle” Of Blindfolded Sight- The Story of Ranjana Agarwal
This is the story of a little girl of fourteen and the ambitions of her mother whom we met at the studios of Live India TV channel on the evening of 18th June. As it turns out, there is more to the show than meets the viewer's...
Self-Deception As A Coping Mechanism Among Victims Of The Sai Baba Cult
Sai Baba satisfies his sexual appetite by abusing innocent children, but this sexual abuse serves another purpose for Sai Baba: Dominating these children and converting them into his lifelong devotees and henchmen.
Everybody Bake Jesus Day – Facebook Event
Support free speech by baking Jesus in your favorite cake, cookie, pie, pastry, whatever. Have a barbecue and bake Jesus shaped pork ribs. If you're vegan, bake a tofu Jesus. Maybe you'd like to get together with your friend...
Fact Checking The Tehelka Radiation Survey- Part 2: Misleading And Incomplete Information
The push by Tehelka to blow up this issue has made it necessary for us to get involved in looking at the evidence from a rational and scientific perspective. Nirmukta is calling for the big guns to tackle this one.
Why Religion Endures
The May/June edition of the Skeptical Inquirer had on its cover an artist's rendition of the human brain embedded with an image resembling either God or Jesus (take your pick) along with the caption "Why Our Brains Believe". The...
God’s Own Stockholm Syndrome
The vast majority of victims of Sai Baba, or any sex-obsessed Swami, are so deeply delusional that they do not believe they suffer from a serious psychiatric syndrome...
The Cell Phone Cancer Debate: Fact-Checking The Tehelka Radiation Survey- Part 1.
This is the first part in a series of articles to analyze the evidence concerning the recent Tehelka report concluding that radiation levels (caused by cell phone towers and other urban sources of radio waves) in Delhi are far...
Nirmukta Wallpapers and Print Size Posters For Free Download
These wallpapers and posters were custom made for Nirmukta by Bala Bhaskar. Feel free to download them, print them out, use them on your desktop, and post them on your walls, message boards and other places around your town!