Indian holy man Prahlad Jani claims that he did not eat food or drink water since around
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
India's largest rationalist organisation. Founded in 1949. Fights for scientific temper, secularism, freedom of thought and expression. Defends reason and science. Exposes superstition, blind belief, obscurantism, paranormal claims caste-based social divisions and guru-politics nexus. Strives for a post-religious society. President: Sanal Edamaruku Contact: edamaruku@gmail.com Phone: + 91-11-6569 9012, +91-11-64630651
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
The secret of Prahlad Jani
Indian holy man Prahlad Jani claims that he did not eat food or drink water since around
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
For those of us who don't understand Hindi, please consider posting a transcript of the program or a brief synopsis of what happened.
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Great group.
ReplyDeleteDoes the Indian Rationalist Association target only the people who follow native superstitions? Or does it also target people who believe that a statute of the Mother Mary can shed tears of blood?
ReplyDelete@Amit: From the wikipedia page: After his attempts failed the tantrik reported that Edamaruku must be under the protection of a powerful god, to which Edamaruku responded that he was an atheist. Couldn't be a more fitting end to such mumbo jumbo
ReplyDeleteAs for Sanal, I found this website after the video got posted on reddit (http://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/gqg2k/atheist_challenged_indian_black_magician_to_kill/) I am a NRI living in Ireland, a staunch Atheist and I absolutely love the work you and you're organisation are doing. My only gripe is the online platform you are using. In today age of interconnectivity, I think you would better reach the people with something more than a blogspot account. Investing on creating a standalone website and maybe getting the 'Modern Freethinker' published as an online magazine would do wonders for the movement, and allow Indians like myself access your work.
I completely agree with vishnu, you need better PR. If you are going to fight organisations for whom 'god' does the marketing you need something better than a blog. A brand name and a wikileaks style donation frenzy might help if cash is where the bottleneck is.
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