Vivekananda's views on caste are instructive in that they sum up the views of today's defenders of the caste system. Even among people who don't defend the caste system, you will find rich echoes of thoughts that Vivekananda puts...
Archive - June 2012
Chennai Freethinkers’ Sixteenth meet – A Synopsis
The Chennai Freethinkers' meet in June 2012 featured the second part of Bala Bhaskar’s presentation on Logical Fallacies and a lecture by Nirmal Rajah on Paleontology and Climate change.
Catching Them Young : A High-School Science Camp in Mangalore
A volunteer teacher of a high-school summer camp conducted by the Mangalore-based Center for Advanced Learning shares suggestions for similar initiatives elsewhere.
Understanding Natural Phenomena 4: Summing over Multiple Histories
In this series of posts I am trying to take science to more people by explaining some key ideas in a simple language. Hopefully, it would lead to a more widespread understanding of what science has to say about the origin of our...
Science is Not the Enemy, Dr. Hegde
CAM proponents need to realise something - vices like greed, corruption and incompetence exist in every human endeavour, not just medical science. Scientists are finding problems with their work, and finding ways to fix them ...
Chequing in at Unnao
Prof. Narendra Nayak performs a 'debunking' of a different sort, this time exposing the misinformation which compensation-seeking flood-victims in Uttar Pradesh had been subjected to at the hands of civic authorities.
Dalit and Tamil Literature
Excerpts from a talk given by P. Dayanandan on 10 April 2012 at the Book release of the ‘Anthology of Tamil Dalit Writing’ at the Oxford University Press, Chennai.
Chennai Freethinkers’ 15th meet – A Report
We Chennai Freethinkers, a Regional group of Nirmukta, are a restless lot. Once a month, a few of us get together to discuss topics related to atheism, skepticism and humanism. But then soon we get discontented and plan for...