On the occasion of Dr. Narendra Dabholkar’s 7th death anniversary Dr. Narendra Dabholkar was born on November 1, 1945. Had he been with us today, the spearhead of India’s rationalist

On Bhagat Singh’s birth anniversary, an extract from The Bhagat Singh Reader, edited by Chaman Lal and published by HarperCollins India. A political conference was held in Amritsar from 11th of

The Ministry of AYUSH has been a nuisance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Perhaps it has always been a nuisance but during the pandemic, while any other ministry might have stepped

On September 21, 1995, exactly a quarter century ago today, Ganesh idols all over the world began drinking milk offered by their devotees. In Nepal, King Birendra was thrilled by

Nationwide protests against racial injustice have shone a spotlight on U.S. corporations’ lack of diversity. Despite decades of initiatives to increase the number of Black executives, only 1 percent of Fortune 500

Prof. K.S. Bhagavan, 73, is a well-known Kannada litterateur based in Mysuru. He taught English at the University of Mysore for 37 years before retiring in 2005 and is known

“Religion is based primarily upon fear. It is partly the terror of the unknown and partly as the wish to feel that you have a kind of elder brother who

It is a sad truth that any health crisis will spawn its own pandemic of misinformation. In the 80s, 90s, and 2000s we saw the spread of dangerous lies about Aids – from the

There are many terrains where public health and religion cross paths, but epidemics are certainly the most bumpy. Contemporary examples include the large gatherings of people at several religious sites

Are we living in a Post-Truth era of fake news and alternative facts? Has Left-Wing postmodernism and Right-Wing politicization of the world distorted reality beyond recognition? In response to the

Two preceding articles in this series have argued that Hindutva is, in every way, the antithesis of dharma. Dharma is a way of life based upon a human being’s duty to

The tendency to turn human judgment into Divine command makes religion one of the most dangerous force in the world. Georgia  Harkness After demolition  of an  old dilapidated  building  called

Some Critical Reflections in the Light of Evolutionary Theory The theory of evolution is considered to be the most important scientific development, only second to the atom bomb, in terms

Perception is grounded in our experience. Right? The brain takes meaningless information and makes meaning out of it, which means we never see what’s there, we never see information, we only ever see what