Freethought parenting challenges: peer pressure, family and school influence, stereotypes and discrimination.
Archive - August 2012
Bacterial Expressions : Setting the tone
Editors’ note: This is the introductory post to the series ‘Bacterial Expressions‘ by Dr. Aswin Sai Narain Seshasayee on the fundamentals of molecular biology, microbiology and biochemistry underlying bacterial...
Understanding Natural Phenomena 7: Of Bosons and Fermions
The Higgs boson is in the news these days, but what exactly is a boson?
A Report on the 18th Chennai Freethinkers’ Meet
The Chennai Freethinkers’ meets keep morphing over time. What started as a group of mostly lonely atheists who found each other through the world wide web soon moved on to explore areas of common interest. We quickly found ...
The Wonder of the Fig
This is a story of a plant (fig) and an insect (wasp), which has elements of trust and betrayal, of selfish motives and altruistic outcomes, of deception and manipulation, and of subtle strategies and tactics.
Where infidels don’t scream…
The premise that moderates who are not vociferously in support of the fundamentalists neither opposing the detrimental ideas of discriminating people using a religious framework, should somehow be shielded from criticism is...
Good and Bad of Going Hungry
Dr. Srinivas Kakkilaya reviews the scientific literature and examines the legends surrounding forced and voluntary starvation.
An Apology to Chally Kacelnik
The Nirmukta team apologises whole-heartedly and unconditionally to Chally Kacelnik for using her quote in an image that was posted on our Facebook group recently, without giving her due credit. We are truly sorry that we used...
Pseudoscience unchallenged at IIT Kanpur
This article is a critical appraisal of the supposed miracle-cure that was sold convincingly, and with authority, to an audience at IIT Kanpur that was clearly unwilling to be skeptical of a revered spiritual leader, Sri Sri Ravi...
Caste Disparities in Maternal Health
A study in Uttar Pradesh that showed caste discrimination in use of maternal healthcare services.