Peoples Telangana

Even in recent times, injustices continue to be committed against rationalists. If we think about why terrorism is thriving worldwide today, the answer we arrive at is, isn't it, religious fanaticism? Religious extremists are running amok in their attempt to establish religious empires. They are spewing hatred toward other religions — and no religion is exempt from spewing such hatred. We can see, right before our eyes, people who survive by exploiting religion, caste, and regional identity for politics. It only remains for us to recognize them. Much more could be said on this subject. But the immediate duty before us is this: to recognize and honor those noble individuals who lived without religion, to take them as role models, and to move forward, each within our own sphere. As for those who speak of divinity — they should, please, step outside without enjoying the fruits of human achievement, and prove for themselves what they truly are. In the ninth century, the Jain philosoph...

Many great figures — Einstein, Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins, Abraham T. Kovoor, Periyar E.V. Ramasamy — have said that "religious belief turns a person into a fool." This country's Prime Minister, along with several Union ministers, has proven that statement true. There is no harm or danger that comes from not following any religion or not praying to any god. There are countless examples of this. Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, and Jains, who do not follow Hinduism, face no danger from Hindu gods. Similarly, Hindus, Muslims, and people of other faiths who do not believe in Christianity face no danger or loss from the Christian God. Nor do people of other faiths who do not believe in Allah have anything to fear from him. All of this pertains purely to belief. That is why there are no real dangers that arise from a lack of religious belief — and no real benefits that arise from having it. Beliefs without proof, and illusions, hold no real value. When someone points o...

Dr. Devaraju Maharaju We have received a great deal of information about Jainism and Buddhism. But why has information about the Charvakas and their literature not survived? The answer is that Vedic religious propagandists deliberately destroyed that literature, leaving no trace of it! So how did even this much information reach us? It reached us through the writings of Vedic scholars who fiercely condemned the Charvaka/Lokayata school. In other words, some facts have come down to us from the opponents of the Charvakas. Whatever points these opponents disagreed with — in the course of writing about those disagreements — some of the Charvakas' ideas became known to us. Viewed through a rationalist lens, it appears that the Charvakas were speaking the truth. For example, Dayananda Saraswati, in his Satyartha Prakash , while describing how the Charvakas rejected the Vedas, wrote: "If Vedic knowledge is absent, ignorance will spread." Shall we accept that? Similarly, the Ch...

 

Very few people say, "Recognize the danger, don't be deceived, open your eyes." That is why these inequalities still persist in society. Why do some people lean toward God, toward spirituality, toward blind faith? Why do others want to stand in opposition to that — wanting to increase rationality in society, take into account biological evolution and human achievements, and live by humane values? Don't all human beings have the same thinking brain? Why has this internal war been going on in the human intellect since time immemorial? Must this conflict continue forever? In search of answers to these questions, some recent research has been conducted. Several hundred men and women had their brains scanned and studied. The details were published by the organization PLOS ONE. Through this research, scientists learned that differences in brain structure are one reason people behave so differently, while another reason is the way the brain is made to function, or how it is...

From the beginning, there has always been a great distance between the scientist and the common person. A scientist publishes the results of his experiments, but these appear in national and international science journals that are not accessible to ordinary people. Even when they are accessible, the technical and scientific terms scientists use are not understood by them. As a result, the average person leans toward fantasy literature that offers temporary, colorful dreams, rather than toward "scientific literature" that speaks of nature's mysteries and human achievements. Those who believe in palmistry, horoscopes, and auspicious timings continue to believe in them, even risking their lives in the process. Superstitions and belief in the theory of karma have still not disappeared. The heads of government bear no small responsibility for this. Therefore, the need to write science for the common person remains as great as ever. For a nation to achieve progress in social, ...