Reaching out to the younger generation is our priority number one. All our efforts are to reach out to this generation. The older generations with their fixed mindsets they are either with us or against us. Some fence sitters may need a push or pull from us to come our way. But, most of the times it is preaching to the converted or nonconvertible! Read the full story

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In this sequel to what I had written about my last trip to Uttarakhand, I am reporting on my latest visit to this state. This is my third visit to this area; the first was in 2006 when I had been to Kotdwar and Pithoragarh and the second was in April,2009 when I had been to Uttarakashi and Hardwar.

Like the previous two this visit is also to train youngsters in developing scientific temper in connection with what we call as our “Miracle Exposure Program“. We have been conducting hundreds of these in collaboration with various organizations, mainly the National Council for Science and Technology Communications, popularly called the NCSTC. This organization had started supporting our mentor Premanand in his training programs and had already published a book called “Seeing is not Believing” in Hindi and English. They had also made a kit for presenting the same, and have been engaged in such activities for nearly three decades. Read the full story

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Update: This is the sixth part in the series. Here are links to all the parts of Narandra Nayak’s rationalism tour of India: Intro,  Part 1, Part 2, Part 3,  Part 4 and Part 5.

After having two training programs,organized by NCSTC at Uttarakasi and Hardwar (please see- A Nastik in Devabhoomi) I went to Bangalore from Delhi. There we had a training program under the aegis of the Bangalore Vicharvadi Sangha at the Ashoka Shishu Vihar, Bangalore. The participants in this series conducted from the 16^th to 21^st of April, numbered around 25. Their ages were from 14 to 70! We had students and retired senior specialist doctors as well as housewives and some affected by black magic too! There were the members of the Bangalore orgnization - A.S.Nataraj, Manoj, Subba Rao and others who were ready to provide services to the participants as well as take the training themselves. At the end it was the younger generation which stole ththe show, two young girls and the youngest boy put up a wonderful performance of what they had learned!

Since after this the greatest of the Indian shows - the general elections - had begun, and we were busy with our challenges to the astrologers, I had a break from the constant traveling. During this time we had the interesting encounters with the chelas of Ashwini which have been already reported in detail.

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Update: This is the third part in the series. Here are links to all the parts of Narandra Nayak’s rationalism tour of India: Intro,  Part 1, Part 2, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6.

Report of the activities from the 1^st to the 15^th of January, 2009

The New Year started on an optimistic note for us. On the 2^nd of January we had a lecture

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demonstration organized by the Vishweshwarayya Industrial and Science Museum, Bangalore (See photo). There were about 250 people in the audience, including school children and visitors to the museum. There was spirited participation by the students and following that a number of questions from them. After this we went to a school run by Sri Subba Rao one of the most active members of the Bangalore association. There was good interaction with the young students after which I had to start for Hyderabad.

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Update: This is the first part in the series. Here are links to all the parts of Narandra Nayak’s rationalism tour of India: Intro, Part 2, Part 3,  Part 4, Part 5, Part 6.

Narendra Nayak, the president of the Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations, is travelling India to train rationalists on how to investigate paranormal claims. His schedule can be found here.

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Update: This is the introduction part in the series. Here are links to all the parts of Narandra Nayak’s rationalism tour of India: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3,  Part 4, Part 5, Part 6.

Editor’s Note:

Narendra Nayak, the successor of Basava Premanand’s legacy of debunking supernaturalist social evils, has set out on a tour of India, training rationalists on how to go about the work of investigating paranormal claims. Narendra’s message follows below.

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