Why I am an Atheist

Bhagat Singh Bhagat Singh (1907-1931) [Bhagat Singh wrote Why I am an Atheist while he was spending days in a condemned cell in 1931. In this pamphlet he discusses and advocates the philosophy of atheism. This pamphlet was a result of some criticism by fellow revolutionaries on his failure to acknowledge religion and God while in a condemned cell, the accusation of vanity was also dealt with in this pamphlet. He supported his own beliefs and claimed that he used to be a firm believer...

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Prabhat Patnaik on Ramdev Phenomenon

Prabhat Patnaik is a well known economist and a political commentator.  In an incisive article written in the latest issue of Frontline (June 19 – July 1, 2011) Professor Patnaik  says: Prabhat Patnaik Ramdev project is fundamentally anti-democratic, anti-secular and a disturbing throwback to our pre-modernity. This is because while everybody in a democracy has a right to hold views on what is good for the nation and to fight for their realisation, this fight must not violate two conditions;...

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M.F. Husain: Victim of Intolerance

Ram Puniyani On 9th June 2011, M.F. Husain breathed his last in a London Hospital, and was later buried in the cemetery in London as per his wish that he should be buried at a place of his death. The most celebrated painter of India, a thorough Indian and understanding Hindu culture much more than any of his detractors died, away from his home due to self imposed exile. This self imposed exile was due to the threats of Hindu fundamentalists. The renowned painter called by many as Picasso of...

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Atheist Centre Celebrates Saraswathi Gora Birth Centenary, Sept.28-29, Vijayawada

We have received the following mail from Vikas Gora of Atheist Centre, Vijayawada, which is celebrating the Birth Centenary of Ms Saraswathi Gora: Greetings from Atheist Centre, Vijayawada. We cordially invite you to  the Birth Centenary of Saraswathi Gora National Conference at Atheist Centre, Vijayawada on September 28-29 this year. It will be held at the spacious Siddhartha Auditorium.  Key Note address will be delivered by Mr. JIM HERRICK, known Humanist and Rationalist & ...

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Fraudulent Use of Obsolete Vaastushastra

Book Review: Searching For The Sun In Candle Light…. (Wisdom of Vaastushastra) Arvind Pralhad Pakhale (Translated by Ms Suman Oak) Prabhakar Nanawaty (pkn.ans@gmail.com) As highlighted in the Forward written by Prof. R. V. Kolhatkar, Ex Director of Institute of Architecture and Design, Hyderabad, if one goes to any bookstall on airport, railway station or even remotely located town bus stand, there will be number attractively printed and colored books praising Vaastushastra displayed...

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Wide-ranging Questions about India: Review of "Exasperating Essays"

Book Review:  Exasperating Essays: Exercises in the Dialectical Method D. D. Kosambi Prabhakar Nanawaty  (pkn.ans@gmail.com ) "The whole value of Marxism seems to me to be in the absence of dogmatism, mode of approach, and in the attitude to action… The success or failures of the Russian social experiments do not directly affect the validity of the Marxian theory." -Jawaharlal Nehru, Autobiography In fact these words were written long before the fall of communist...

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