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Sanjay Kumar
On R-Day, Remember the Country is Committed to Scientific Temper
26 Jan 2022
The scientific temper is linked with social, political and ideological trends in any society, but in India, the elite stranglehold still prevails over science and progress.
Prashant Padmanabhan
Duty to Develop ‘Scientific Temper’
22 Aug 2021
Soon after rationalist social activist Narendra Dabholkar’s eighth death anniversary, Prashant Padmanabhan pens a tribute to his legacy by writing about what he understands by ‘scientific temper’,…
Newsclick Report
AIPSN Observes Dr. Dabholkar's Death Anniversary as Scientific Temper Day, Raises Six Demands
21 Aug 2021
The organisation emphasised on the need for honest and transparent data to fight COVID-19 and objected to IGNOU instituting an MA (Jyotish) course from the upcoming academic year.
ICF Team
Remembering Dabholkar: The Movement for Scientific Temper and Reason Survives
20 Aug 2021
Eight years after the rationalist was gunned down in Pune, NewsClick remembers Narendra Dhabolkar along with the nation, and with a resolve to further the spirit of scientific temper and critical…
PTI
Dabholkar Murder: Bombay HC Grants Bail to Accused Vikram Bhave
06 May 2021
Bhave, a member of Sanatan Sanstha, was accused of helping the two key accused, but the court cited ‘discrepancies’ in prosecution’s evidence.
Eshan Kalyanikar
Virginity Tests, Penalties and Violent Punishments: Vigilantism of Kanjarbhat Caste Councils
27 Apr 2021
'Do you see how the police can beat up people? Our jaat panchayat does not do that. People get to talk and justice is quick,' a member of the community says.
Varsha Torgalkar
Maharashtra: Pune Tribal Couple Defies Mandatory Ritual of Virginity Test Before Marriage
15 Dec 2020
The couple was inspired by the groom’s brother’s 'Stop V Ritual' campaign. As per research, virginity rituals are common across several communities in India, cutting across caste and class lines.
Rajendra Chenni
Remembering Gauri Lankesh: Adamant Ideologue to Some, Akka to the Underprivileged
05 Sep 2020
‘I was still sceptical about her. But, by the third annual meeting at Chikkamagaluru, she had not only joined the movement, but had the audacity to invite me to "our" meeting!’
Varsha Torgalkar
Maharashtra Fails Dr. Dabholkar in Spirit, Only 10 FIRs under Social Boycott Act in Three Years
27 Aug 2020
Dr. Dabholkar, who founded MANS in 2012-13, began the campaign to ban social boycott of a person or a family by jati panchayats.
Suhit K Sen
Demonising Dissent, Infantilising Society
28 Jun 2020
The suppression of atheism, rationalism and humanism in India and the world.