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INDIANSKEPTIC

Justice RA Jahagirdar (1947 - 2011)

The Phenomenon of Satya Sai Baba

Satya Sai Baba - Faith Marginalizes Reason

Book Review:Exasperating Essays : DD Kosambi


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INDIAN

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It shall be the dutyof every citizen ofIndia -

to develop thescientific temper,

humanism and thespirit of inquiry and

reform

(Article 51A (h) Part IVA -

Fundemental Duties,

Constitution of India)


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INDIAN

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Exasperating Essays: DD Kosambi


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"Reason"

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Justice RA Jahagirdar


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ATHEIST EVE

Atheist EveAtheist Eve

Atheist Eve Indian Skeptic

Thank Allah!


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Pushpa M. Bhargava is a formerVice-Chairman, National Knowledge

Commission, former member,National Security Advisory Boardand former founder and Director,

Centre for Cellular and MolecularBiology, Hyderabad. His email is:bhargava.pm @gmail.com)

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Dr Ram Puniyani

Tariq AliThe Clash of Fundamentalisms

Crusades, Jihads and Modernity, 2002


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Exasperating Essays: Exercises inthe Dialectical Method

Is leadershipnecessary? Need the individual do nothingbecause all mass changes are inevitable?

Is India really headed towards socialism?Is there a powerful class in India that hasideas contrary to those of our leaders and

planning commission? Are the Chinese onthe way to socialism? What is meant byfreedom of science and of the scientist? Isthe 'inner voice' always a safe guide? Why

did Buddhism, the most benign of religionsfade away from its own country? What isthe significance of the 1857 revolt? IsSanskrit literature free from class bias?Can the factors that impede World Peace besubjugated?

"The whole value of Marxism seems tome to be in the absence of dogmatism,

mode of approach, and in the attitude toaction The success or failures of the

Russian social experiments do notdirectly affect the validity of the

Marxian theory."

Jawaharlal Nehru Autobiography


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"The Kanpur Road"

Discovery ofIndi

Exasperating Essays:

Exercises in the Dialectical Method (first

published by People's Book House,

Poona, 1957)


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'The Class Structure ofIndia'

'Science and Freedom'


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'The Decline of Buddhism inIndia'

'Chakravarti'.

'Imperialism and Peace'.

"Inposing such wide-ranging questions aboutthe civilization in India, Kosambi differed

from the general run of academichistorians of his times for they rarelyengaged in the discourse of civilizations.

He was swimming against the current. Thespecialized and fragmented view in theacademic historians professional writingsdid not usually add up to that vision oftotality that the notion of civilizationdemands. The fact that Kosambi was nevergiven his due by them in his lifetime can be,arguably, ascribed to their disdain for anon-professional who was not only anavowed Marxist, but also given to talking

about a dubious entity calledcivilization."

Exasperating Essays: Exercises in theDialectical Method

DD Kosambi

Published by Sri R.P. Nene, Pune 411030(1986)Pp 99

Prabhakar Nanawaty

Thought & Action

Email: [email protected]

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The Fine Art of Baloney Detection

The Demonhaunted World:Science as a Candle in the Dark


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