WHY YOUNG Spiritualists chucked me out My young friend, Dr. Shankar, wrote to me: "I want you to join a WhatsApp group called Young Thinkers. They are very interesting. You'd like their short but brainy blogs on the WhatsApp." " Beautiful, and why not," I wrote back, "I could even hone my own blogging techniques … Continue reading WHY A GROUP OF YOUNG MEN CHUCKED ME OUT
India’s Shaky Existence Under Modi
(I am, for the first time, quoting from an eminent writer in the hope that he shan't mind; this is not for making money. I believe that what Shreekant has to say, India needs to hear.) “When we talk of export of smart phone, s, we do not mention that we only assemble components, which … Continue reading India’s Shaky Existence Under Modi
Why are Lawrence Krauss, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennet, Julia Sweeney, and Richard Dawkins preaching if atheism is not a religion?
Quora.com/vishu-menon-1 Last Updated Jul 15, 2018 Originally Answered in Quora.com: Why are Laurence Krauss, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennet and Richard Dawkins preaching if atheism is not a religion? This is a question that is being asked of me often enough by well-meaning friends and correspondents. When I sent out the same question as a test case in … Continue reading Why are Lawrence Krauss, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennet, Julia Sweeney, and Richard Dawkins preaching if atheism is not a religion?
ASma Jahangir on Secularism
Against and For Evolution
WHY STATISTICAL MECHANICS NEGATES EVOLUTION Found on Facebook by Mark Champneys There are 3 billion base pairs in human DNA sequences. This is an arranged molecule of staggering size. The information content of DNA is rooted in the extreme improbability of those relatively few arrangements that code for life, in stark contrast to the vast … Continue reading Against and For Evolution
BARAMULLA WHERE EMBERS HADN’T DIED
On an autumn Sunday morning in 1961, six of us set out on an adventure. Among the group were Corporal Ivor Ray, the devil-may-care chauffeur of the Commanding Officer, Leading Aircraftsman Michael Rogers, Aircraftsman Class II Leonard Ward, and myself—an Aircraftsman Class I and the only pure Indian in the group. Joining us were two … Continue reading BARAMULLA WHERE EMBERS HADN’T DIED
The Story of a Civil Servant
When the pretty young thing bowed and then placed a tray of steaming coffee cups and biscuits on the small table, I half-raised my posterior and said Good Morning. “No no no,” screamed Mrs. Chawla. ‘”She eez survant . Not our class. No need for good morning, bad morning.” “Civil servant? That is good,” I … Continue reading The Story of a Civil Servant
WHY I DON’T ‘BELIEVE’ IN SCEINCE
May 25, 2003 Dear Chisanga, Science is not a set of dogmas that demands 'belief'. It is a number of hypotheses derived from intelligent observations, followed by conjunctures supported by peer reviews and falsifiability tests, some mathematical derivations, yet a few empirical deductions. Even what appeared to be perfect scientific theories get updated - for … Continue reading WHY I DON’T ‘BELIEVE’ IN SCEINCE
The Sun is a black body – There’s no Light Outside Our Eyes
If I were to tell you that what comes into the television antenna is not moving pictures, but mere electromagnetic waves in the microwave range, you might take my words for it. You see nothing entering the dish antenna atop your house – no pictures, no music. But you would scoff at my suggestion that … Continue reading The Sun is a black body – There’s no Light Outside Our Eyes
WHY I REMEMBER CORPORAL HUSSEIN
At 11:28 sharp on 4th December 1971, the civilian truck bearing me in the garb of a truck cleaner stopped at the gate barrier of an Air Force Station deep in the Eastern front. Twelve civilian trucks, carrying armaments enough to devastate half a country hidden behind hay stacks, that had kept safe distances between each … Continue reading WHY I REMEMBER CORPORAL HUSSEIN