Narendra Nayak, President, FIRA, writes about a meeting of Indian rationalists with James Randi in...
Tag - superstition
A Quack’s Flop Show
Prof. Nayak calls the bluff of a practitioner of a dozen occult arts who failed miserably in...
Temple Pseudoscience
A short post titled Why Visit Temples purporting to give scientific reasons for visiting temples is...
Myths, Superstitions and Propaganda in the Scientific Age
From prehistoric times, humans have evolved as a pattern-seeking and storytelling species. While...
Narendra Nayak and FIRA on Karnataka CM Yeddyurappa’s...
It has reached such a stage that that on every new moon day, he is said to be observing some new...
Sabarimala – The Recurring Tragedy Caused by...
Don’t the media have a responsibility to explain to their readers why they had not sent their...
Introducing The Bihar Rationalist Forum
In spite of its progressive history, Bihar has become a state riddled with superstitions and...
Freeing Devi: A Pragmatist Argument For Gender Equality In The...
Superstitions such as goddess worship are cultural impediments to realizing true gender equality...
Are You A Freethinker? Naturalism, Life and Meaning in a Causal ...
Given that cause and effect are elementary traits of events, objects, situations or propositions in...
BHANAMATHI: The Scourge of Hyderabad-Karnataka
Narendra Nayak will be writing a series of articles on Bhanamathi, a popular 'black magic"...