Letter to a ‘Gandhian Nation’
Sisters and brothers of India, This is being written at a time when the highest office-bearers of our nation seem beholden to avowed Gandhians and at a time when a supposed latter-day Satyagraha is moving millions towards a revolution….
Doing Little Things For The Children Of A Lesser God!
The previous write up about the home for HIV positive children tugged the heart strings of many, many people. We have received donations from people from all over the world. When A.S.Vijetha, an engineer with ANZ Operations and Technology read…
Why The ‘Word of God’ To Us Seems Odd
The teachings of a recently deceased Indian preacher have been hailed as ‘inspirational to millions’, by spokespersons of the State as well as the mainstream media, and he has been encomiastically credited with being an advocate of ‘universal values’. Sympathizers of…
Children Of A Lesser God!
I should say I am pretty hard-boiled, having worked for many years in the field of clinical biochemistry, that too for the first years as a technical assistant collecting blood specimens from a variety of patients, which has inured me…
Labeling The Movement: ‘Atheism’ And ‘Freethought’ As Popular Brands
At the moment there is a poll on the Indian Atheists facebook page asking people to help choose the name (or rather, the taxonomic format) for the regional groups that have been created by us over the past couple of…
No ‘honour’ in Shame Killings
This is a petition to all of us Atheists who have an audience on Atheist blogs, websites, podcasts and other media, to stop using the term ‘honor killings’, and use the term Shame Killings instead.
Successful Atheists’ Meets in Bangalore, Pune and Mumbai
December was an exciting month for our community of Atheists and Humanists in India. Successful Atheist meetings were held in two Maharashtrian cities – Pune and Mumbai on the 12th and 19th December respectively, and in Bangalore. While India has…
An Indian Atheist’s Marriage
His friends, relatives and colleagues laughed at him when he indicated that he would get married to only some one who would be ready for a marriage without any religious ceremony, matching of horoscopes or any other superstitious practice.
