Archive for 'Miracles- Rational View'

PM of a secular nation wishing Sathya Sai Baba a long life

By Dr Neha I always used to feel proud during my childhood when we were taught in school that India is a “Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, Democratic, Republic” without even knowing the real meaning of these big words. Probably even the school teachers didn’t know the actual meaning. They just taught what was written in the [...]

Statement of Prabir Ghosh in an Australian News Website

25 November 2010 | 10:56:06 PM | Source: AAP The Science and Rationalists’ Association of India, which fights against superstition in India, says women accused of being witches are sometimes stripped in public and some are gagged and burnt to death. “Villagers believe in witchcraft often due to helplessness. Absence of medical facilities forces them [...]

Current issue (November 2010) of Aamra Yuktibadi published

‘আমরা যুক্তিবাদী’ পত্রিকার নভেম্বর ২০১০ সংখ্যাটি প্রকাশ হয়েছে। সংগ্রহ করার জন্য যোগাযোগ করুন- দে’জ পাবলিশিং ১৩ বঙ্কিম চ্যাটার্জি স্ট্রিট, কলকাতা ৭০০ ০৭৩ Click here to download

PRESS RELEASE by Science and Rationalists’ Association of India on the present problem of misconception related to sexual organs

Click here to read the press release in English Click here to read the press release in Bengali

Rationalists investigate ‘supernatural’ fire – incidents in a house in Budbud, Burdwan

Please click on the images to enlarge and read. Courtesy: Sangbad Pratidin, Pratyahik Khabar, Sanmarg, November 11, 2010

Witch-hunting in India

By Santosh Sharma Courtesy: Chhapte Chhapte Uphar

ASI report far from foolproof?

Inscription Found In Debris May Have Been Planted: Irfan Habib Akshaya Mukul, TNN, Oct 1, 2010, 05.12am IST NEW DELHI: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad HC may have gone by the Archaeological Survey of India’s (ASI) report submitted to it in April 2003 to rule that the disputed site is the birthplace of Ram [...]

THE AYODHYA VERDICT

By Sumitra Padmanabhan Yes, we could avoid another communal riot. Disregarding all historical and archeological truths we stooped to honor the ‘faith and sentiment of the majority’. Who did this? The answer is — the honorable court. This farce will remain as a milestone in the history of India’s regression; at least that is what [...]

God didnt create universe: Stephen Hawking

To know more about Stephen Hawking Click Here. London: God didnt create the universe it was actually a result of the inevitable laws of physics,British physicist Prof Stephen Hawking has concluded. In his latest book,The Grand Design,Hawking said: Because there is a law such as gravity,the Universe can and will create itself from nothing.Spontaneous creation [...]

Appeal for Abolition of Animal Sacrifice in School Premises

Click here to sign the Petition To, The Hon’ble Governor, Government of West Bengal, India The Hon’ble Chief Minister, Government of West Bengal, India Sir, You are well aware that sacrificing animals for spiritual reasons as a part of religious ritual is legally forbidden in India. It is however quite painful & immensely concerning to [...]

Here is current issue of Aamra Yuktibadi – August 2010

‘আমরা যুক্তিবাদী’ পত্রিকার আগষ্ট ২০১০ সংখ্যাটি প্রকাশ করা হল। আমরা যুক্তিবাদী – আগষ্ট ২০১০ সংখ্যাটি ডাউনলোড করার জন্য এখানে ক্লিক করুন- পূর্ববর্তী সংখ্যাগুলো পাবেন এখানে।

Human Sacrifice : Today in Bengal

By Santosh Sharma Click here to read the news in Hindi. Courtesy: Dainik Vishwamitra, 6 May 2010

Female employee performing Black-Magic in Hospital

By, Santosh Sharma. Click Here to read the full news. Courtesy: Dainik Biswamitra. Dated on 24 July,2010.

Prabir Ghosh’s name among the All Time Greatest Bengali literary figures

Check WIKIPEDIA – Prabir Ghosh’s name among the All Time Greatest Bengali literary figures. List includes ancient to modern- from Rabindranath Tagore, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Kazi Nazrul Islam to Samaresh Majumdar, Prabir Ghosh etc.  

Old woman suspected as witch, burnt with acid

By Santosh Sharma Click here to read the news. Courtesy: Dainik Vishwamitra, 24 June 2010