Professor Narendra Nayak writes about his recent encounters when filming for an Australian TV channel- Nadi Astrology, Kili (parrot) Astrology, a cold-reading demo for students of Periyar Maniammai University and an interaction...
Archive - June 2011
The Umbrella Yagna!
We ask them to do just one thing- to put things to the test of reason before accepting them!
The Cosmic Boondocks – Episode #5, June 21, 2011
"Our time is burdened under the cumulative weight of successive debunkings of our conceits.... We live in the cosmic boondocks." ~Carl Sagan
Stephen Hawking’s Grand Design for Us
This article is a summary of where Stephen Hawking’s quest for answering this fundamental question has culminated. His latest book (co-authored with Leonard Mlodinow) provides a fairly self-consistent picture of what is...
Religion, Corruption and Politics
Now what about the money stashed away in the bedrooms of these so called religious, spiritual leaders?........ To run away when the police came to arrest him and then try to hide in drag!
Gems from Chinmayananda – The Spiritual Inanity series, Part III
While Chinmayananda's talks may sound forceful and persuasive to many, they miserably fail the test of fluency, elegance and use of appropriate language.
The Fraud Of Nadi Jothidam
Professor Narendra Nayak investigates and debunks this popular scam in Tamilnadu.
The Eight-Step Method To Confront Corruption At The Local Level
In this eighth part of his series on Managing Life Without God and Religion, Dr. Kamath presents an 8-step method for Citizen-Activists to employ in dealing effectively with the "corrupt and recalcitrant bureaucracy" that is the...
M F Husain In Memoriam
Icons of the national imagination who take birth in a poet's mind, come of age in an artist's canvas in every age, and today stand bereaved at the passing of this age's best-known rearer and reshaper of India's inherited...
A Critical Look At Baba Ramdev’s Claims
Self appointed National Saint Baba Ramdev Swamiji is all over the media space following the interruption of his so called crusade against corruption and black money. The legacies of Mahatma Gandhi, Shivaji and the Jalianwala bagh...