On 6th and 7th 0f March, 2010 we celebrated the completion of 25 years of our Rationalist Association at Juba kendra,(Youth Centre) Moulali, Kolkata. 93 delegates came from 16 districts of Bengal. There were interactive session, panel discussion on problems at the branch level as well as various social issues. General Secretary Prabir Ghosh read [...]
This is based on an actual experiment conducted in U.K. Put eight monkeys in a room. In the middle of the room is a ladder, leading to a bunch of bananas hanging from a hook on the ceiling.Each time a monkey tries to climb the ladder, all the monkeys are sprayed with ice water, which [...]
Dear Shri Prabir Ghosh and Smt. Sumitra Padmanavan Thank you for your gracious sentiments. With regards, Yours sincerely, Gopalkrishna Gandhi
To The Honorable Governor Shri Gopalkrishna Gandhi Dear Sir, We are a group of social activists working for the last twenty five years for a more progressive and rational society. We also work for human rights. We had earlier written to you on the Nandigram issue and had been overwhelmed by your active involvement in [...]
By Manoj Giri [The author, a teacher in Kurseong, is Vice President of Humanists’ Association] The basic point about Gorkhaland is IDENTITY and NOT DEVELOPMENT. You should be very clear at the outset, that bringing in the talk of DEVELOPMENT in the way of IDENTITY is to DEVIATE from the core issue and to [...]
HUMANISTS’ ASSOCIATION was born on September 11, 1993. Even after 14 long years the relevance of a secular haman society is increasing. In the wake of the demolition of Babri Masjid we felt the need to stress on the new religion ‘HUMANISM’ and our organization was born; and on 10th December, the same year 54 [...]
By Sumitra Padmanabhan, General Secretary, HUMANISTS’ ASSOCIATION We strongly condemn the incident of violence on Taslima Nasreen in Hyderabad on August 9, 2007. There is nothing ‘unfortunate’ about it as described by the MIM chief, Sultan S. Owaisi. Fortune has nothing to do with man’s misdeeds. Someone has to take responsibility for any wrong that [...]
Please watch BBC documentary DESI DNA on INDIAN CULTURE in BBC2 on 6th August, 2007. Rationalism too is a part of Indian culture… watch Prabir Ghosh interviewed in KOLKATA. It will be broadcast in UK and EUROPE at 10:00 PM (UK time).
Who’s the moron in the picture? Mataji Nirmala Devi, who has much advertised her ‘Sahaja Yoga’. Like other heavyweight godmen, she has blind followers from all over the world. Well, here we can see that she has quite gone overboard and placed the flag of India on her feet. In picture 1 you can [...]
History of this day In 1952 in Dhaka, Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) police opened fire on a procession of students, who demanded the establishment Bengali as the official language, killing four people and starting a country-wide protest which led to the recognition of Bengali as one of the national languages of Pakistan. The day was later declared [...]
After posting the magic sercets of David Blaine video and ebook, we were overwhelmed with the response and number of people who wanted to see more video of this type. Here, take a look at this. Hope you like it. Note, that we do not condemn magic, or magicians. They are great entertainers and artists. [...]
By Prabir Ghosh (click here to know more about the writer) Who’s David Blaine? This question need not be explained to viewers from USA or UK, since Blaine, based in USA is probably the number one magician today, with a popularity which is unbelievable. Blaine, who started as a street magician, surprised viewers by showing [...]
By Pinaki Ghosh Concentrate looking at the four dots in the middle of this abstract picture. Keep looking at the four dots for 30 seconds or a little more than that. Then close your eyes, and tilt your head backwards. Let your eyes remain closed. You will be able to see someone. What is it? Who do [...]
We thank Eagle & Eagle www.eagletv.co.uk/home/contact.htm for the videos used in this article. Watch these online movies (click on them): 01. Baba cheating with vibhuti(1.84 MB): You can clearly see how Baba gets something from his left hand, in which he is holding the letters, and then a bit later is performing vibhuti with his right [...]
by Susan Shields Is Mother Teresa’s Missionaires of Charity really what it looks like, from outside? Find out the untold story of what goes on inside, as former nun Susan Shields unreveals secrets. ________________________________________ The following article has been published in arrangement with the Free Inquiry magazine, USA. We are grateful to them and Jahed [...]
