Periyar, the Educationist
From the previous issue Periyar insisted that the aim of education was not meant to provide job…
Religion
Religion based Citizenship, Condemnable
‘On Citizenship’ – Romila Thapar, N. Ram, Gautam Bhatia, Gautam Patel, Aleph, Rs.499 R.Anirud Narayen Four intellectuals…
Preface to the Communist Manifesto
‘Communist Manifesto’, released by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels was for the first time translated and published…
Social Justice and Humanism
Roy Speckhardt Executive director of the American Humanist Association since 2005 Once prejudice against nontheists fades away,…
Religious Freedom and Temple Wealth
N. Anandam Rationalist writer Secularism and religious freedom mean different things to different people. True secular nations…
Core values being subverted : Ansari
Former Vice-President Hamid Ansari has said a subversion of core values is under way and the word…
What does Religion Truly Mean? Which is True Religion?
Excerpts from Periyar’s speech delivered on 4th February 1947 at Kilakarai town in today’s Ramanathapuram district, on…
Stigma as ‘Sudras’
On July 27, 1969, Thanthai Periyar headed a rationalist conference at Chidambaram in Tamil Nadu. The central…
The battle AGAINST Communalism – Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer
Constitutional law is basic social engineering; and the creation of secular humanism and a forward-looking faith in…
Wrong Doctrines and Beliefs of Hindu Religion
N.Anandam, Rationalist Writer continuation from earlier issue…. The scriptures by the Brahmin priests. They make the gullible…
