Posted in Philosophy, tagged India, spirituality, God, Tradition, Myth, Omnipotent, Phlosophy, Goddesses, Avatars, Richard Dawkins, Religions, Festivals, Krishna, Vishnu on March 27, 2008 | 17 Comments »
Venkat Raman
Few days back, an old friend of mine, who had brought the book God Delusion by Richard Dawkins went gung ho over the book and started to employ all the intellectual gyan he gained from the book to belittle me and my spiritual notions. As expected, I lost the battle of the brains while [...]
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Incorrigible Optimist
I was deeply pained by my fellow writer The Recluse’s observations on the mysticism surrounding India. His views are perfect reflection of the generation (which I belong to) which grew up caught up in the rebellious battle between the fascinations of the science and technology offered by the west and the parental mystic-religiosity of [...]
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Incorrigibleoptimist
Its been more than five decades since Ayn Rand’s Objectivist philosophy gripped the whole world’s conscience. Is Objectivism relevant in this flat, nirvana savvy world? Incorrigibleoptimist finds out.
Few days back I participated in a debate competition on the relevance of philosophy. A gal (with whom I had a heated argument on a different issue) who [...]
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