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• Karnatak a State Federation of R ationalist Associations
• Book R eview : Ch arw ak : H istory and Ph ilosoph y
INDIAN SKEPTIC
Indian Sk eptic
Indian Sk eptic
Indian Sk eptic
It s h all be th e duty of every citizen of
India -
to develop th e scientific tem per, h um anism and th e spirit of inqu iry and
reform
(Article 51A (h ) Part IVA - Fundem ental Dutie s , Constitution of India)
Scie nce ve rsus M iracle s
INDIAN SKEPTIC
Ch arw ak : H istory and Ph ilosoph y
Bh artiya Dh arm granth o Ka Itih as’
Did Th e H indus Ne ve r Eat Be e f? Th e Untouch able s W h o w e re th e y and W h y th e y be cam e Untouch able s
Th e M yth of H oly Cow
Th e Com ple te Work s of Sw am i Vive k anand
It is m orally as bad not to care w h eth e r a th ing is true or not, so long as it m ak e s you fe el good, as it is not to care h ow you got your m oney as long as
you h ave got it.
Edm und W ay Teale Circle of th e Seasons (19 50)
Quoted by Carl Sagan in Th e Dem on-H aunted World (19 9 6)
Dr Ram Puniyani
BS
Ath e ist Eve Ath e ist Eve
Ath e ist Eve Indian Sk e ptic
R eligion for th e Poor and Uneducated
First conference of Karnatak a State Federation of R ationalist Associations h eld in Banalore on 14 M arch 2010
BS
W h e re did God com e from ? If you s ay th at I m us t not
as k th e q ue s tion of w h e re God cam e from , th e n w h y
m us t I as k th e q ue s tion of w h e re th e unive rs e cam e
from ?
Carl Sagan
Th e Varietie s of Scientific Experience : A Personal View of th e
Search for God (2006)
Lok ayatvaad Ch arw ak
Ch arw ak s in Ancient India
Sanh itas
Ph ilosoph y
Apourus h e ya
Bh ik s h uk s Agnih otra, Sh raaddh a
M ok s h a Nirvana
Sutras
Yadnyas Yadnyas
Pandits
Ve dant, Sank h ya Lok ayata Ve dant Sank h ya
Lok ayata
Lok ayatya Sh aastra
Ch arw ak Dars h an
Ch arvan
Ch arw ak vaad
Ch arw ak vaad’s
Sh ruti, Sm ruti Tirth ank ar Tath agat
Ve da
Ve das Upanis h ads
Sank h ya, Naiyayik , Vais h is h ik , Ve dant
Varnas h ram
Scientific Base
Value of Life
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Failure of Ch arw ak Ph ilosoph y
Ch arw ak : H istory And Ph ilosoph y Sadash iv Ath avale Translated by Sum an O ak , Publish ed by And h ash radd h a Nirm oolan Sam iti, M ah arash tra R s 100, pp 135
Prabh ak ar Nanaw aty Th ough t & Action
BS
W h at w e ne e d is not th e w ill to be lie ve , but th e w is h to
find out.
Bertrand R ussell
Quoted in Science , Nonscience and th e Paranorm al (19 87)
ed ited by H . Narasim h aiah
De ar Indian Sk e ptic, Th ank s a lot for s e nding m e Indian Sk e ptic on m ail re gularly. I re ad it w ith inte re st re gularly. I h ave som e sugge stions for im prove m e nts . 1. Since it is be com ing an e -journal. It m igh t be be tte r to ch ange th e form at (or h ave optional form at) to h tm l file . 2. W ith in pdf file you can give link s to article s on conte nt page . Th is m e ans th at th e conte nt page w ill be com e click able (th at is I can re ad conte nt page and click on it to re ach an article .) 3. Th e im age s ize could be re duce d w ith out loos ing clarity. Th is m igh t h e lp in re ducing curre nt file s ize of 1.52 M B. (Th is file s ize is no proble m for m e , but can cre ate proble m s for oth e rs .) 4. You are probably us ing som e k ind of DTP softw are to produce th is . Th e tw o colum n form at look s good on printe d journal. H ow e ve r on e -journal s ingle colum n w ill m ak e it m ore re adable .
Pram od Sah asrabuddh e
Letters
Ignorance m ore fre q ue ntly be ge ts confide nce th an
doe s k now le dge : it is th os e w h o k now little , and not
th os e w h o k now m uch , w h o s o pos itive ly as s e rt th at
th is or th at proble m w ill ne ve r be s olve d by s cie nce .
Ch arles Darw in
Karnatak a State Federation of R ationalist Associations
Dr Vijaya
S Srinivas Nate k ar
S. Srinivas Nate k ar Sh ravana Belagola H assan District Karnatak a
U Kalanath an
Karnatak a State Federation of R ationalist Associations
h as convened a m e eting on 22nd August 2010 (Sunday) at
H assan. Th ose w h o w ould lik e to attend th e m e eting are
reque sted to contact th e State Convener of KSFRA
M r. BVV Subba R ao, . Ph one: 09 886679 088. Em ail:
babuk adur44@ gm ail.com
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