While the “my brain made me do it” defence might seem ludicrous, we must remember that the legal system does, and has for a long time, recognised the relevance of psychiatric conditions on culpability, where punishments are...
Archive - September 2011
My Experiences at the Humanist Congress held in Oslo
At Oslo the Norwegian Humanists had plans to keep us busy for a week. On the first two days we had a leadership training program for the activists of the movement.
The Gandhiism Dogma Redux And The Need To Spar With Its Resolute Apologists
The current trend of Gandhian revivalism in the press and blogosphere retreads and intersects the same old beaten track of personality mania and Gandhian absolutism in terms of the primacy of MKG’s brand of moralism and his...
“Sound Healing” – From New Age Mysticism to Organized Religion
Sound Healing refers to a category of practices in which sound waves from different sources are used to allegedly heal people with various ailments, mental and physical.
ASTROLOGY & UGC – A Letter To The Vice Chancellor, Mangalore University
You have conducted poojas for the success of the programs in the university ... it is tragic that you have decided to thrust your personal superstitions on an authority of higher learning like a university.
Dr. Zakir Naik: A Modern Charlatan
Zakir Naik is a showman who is able to impress his audience by memorizing and quoting directly from various scriptures.