Month: April 2013

I feel greatly privileged in being asked to deliver the fourth Premanand Memorial lecture. I have had the privilege of knowing Premanand from the eighties when I was in CCMB.

Paranormal Powers and the Baba Jees Atta Ul Haq Qasmi, a prominent Urdu columnist, has written a piece in a national daily introducing a “handsome young man” named Professor Abdulah

India is not only a land of religion, superstition and blind beliefs, but also atheism, rationalism, humanism, skepticism and agnostics. It is a land of enlightenment, philosophical quest for truth

Tiranga Bangle is the name of a new product on the great Indian superstition bazaar. This copper bracelet promises to relieve you from pain, cure a range of illnesses including

From donning their lucky stones to wearing auspicious colour, HR managers find themselves broadly dealing with superstitious employees A man entered an office cubicle occupied by four persons and announced

When my son was around 3 years old, he used to ask me a lot of questions about heaven. Where is it? How do people walk without a body? How

On December 11, 1995, a three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court delivered judgements in a number of appeals which arose from decisions of the Bombay High Court relating to the

If you believe in ghosts, you’re not alone: A 2005 Gallup poll found that 37 percent of Americans believe in haunted houses, and about one-third believe in ghosts. Tens of

The facts relating to this Thesis constitute interesting reading. The zigzag turns, the twists all give a touch of drama to the course of the Thesis. Its chequered career is