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Nirmukta is a News-Blog that is concerned with issues related to the secularization movement in India. Our objective is to promote open discussion of the moral, social and political implications of science and religion in society. We are dedicated to challenging harmful ideas and presenting ethical and naturalistic alternatives to supernatural cultural beliefs.
- Author: Ajita Kamal
- Listed in: Atheism Science
- Tags: india science atheism Secularism naturalism free-thought
Recent Posts
Sambhavi Gudilona, Badilona? Story of a Humanist Campaign Against Religious Exploitation of a Child
For the last few weeks Humanists, Rationalists and Human Rights activists have been waging a huge battle against the forces of fundamentalism in Andhra Pradesh. This is a battle that involves all sections of society, and in which the media, the pol...
Indian Rationalist Movement- The Challenges Ahead
As our movement grows in terms of involvement of people as well as increase in the number of organisations, we face new challenges and changes in the older ones. If we are to survive and progress as a movement we have to face up to these and modify ...
One Year After 26/11
People sang, prayed, marched with candles and protested against terrorism. It all sounds so common, a little silly and rather childish. On 26 November 2009, throughout the day all the TV channels showed thousands of people - young, smart, educate...
COMPLEXITY EXPLAINED: 10. What is Life?
(Note: All previous parts of Dr. Wadhawan’s series on complexity can be accessed through the Related Posts list at the bottom of this article.) We live only to discover beauty. All else is a form of waiting. Khalil Gibran was happy describin...
The Decay of Dharma and the Rise of Adharma
In my previous article, we studied how Brahmanism originated and evolved to fulfill the desires of Arya people and protect them from evil of Dasyu. In this article we will study how in the course of next thousand years this Dharma decayed and its...
To Err Is Human – A Skeptical Reading Of The Ramayana
Introduction It can be stated without doubt that the Ramayana, sage Valmiki’s magnum opus, is the single most influential epic to have ever risen from our nation. The epic was an important influence on later Sanskrit poetry and Indian life and...
