Theists and All OthersThere is a third category, the agnostics. They neither believe nor disbelieve. They are like the cat on the wall, jumping neither this side...
24 Nov, 2021, 11.19 PM IST
Supreme Court sends PIL against hymns sung in Kendriya Vidayalayas to constitution benchPetitioner Veenayak Shah argued that singing of religious hymns and prayers during morning school assemblies was not permissible under Arti...
29 Jan, 2019, 08.02 AM IST
Supreme Court seeks govt's reply on plea against prayers in Kendriya Vidyalaya schoolsThe court issued notice to the government on the plea which said that the morning assembly prayer was being enforced throughout the country...
11 Jan, 2018, 07.33 AM IST
IIT-B survey reveals 18% are atheist, 35% agnosticThe survey looked at diverse topics such as students' background before joining IIT, their political and religious beliefs and post-grad pl...
04 May, 2016, 11.37 AM IST
Less than half of passing IIT-Bombay batch believes in God’s existenceWhile 22% of the IIT graduates surveyed revealed that they are atheists, 30% claimed to be agnostics. The survey was conducted by the insti...
17 Apr, 2015, 11.51 AM IST
Inner PowerThe agnostics say they can’t suddenly start believing in God, others who already believe say they have no faith left that He can perform a ...
17 Jun, 2014, 05.54 AM IST
Religious diversity enriches our cultural fabric: Barack Obama"What makes us American is our adherence to shared ideals and our right as a people to set our own course," Barack Obama said.
16 Jan, 2014, 01.16 PM IST
Faithless childrenThere’s a lot of liberal hooraying when atheist parents are seen to be bringing up their children too in the atheist mould.
28 Nov, 2013, 05.59 AM IST
Dust to ashes!Such is the symbolic significance of funerary ashes that even die-hard agnostics and avowed atheists are unable to resist it.
21 Aug, 2013, 05.37 AM IST
More Hindus migrating to the US than ever: StudyAbout 30,000 Hindus were admitted each year in the 1990s, by contrast, the US admitted an estimated 70,000 Hindu immigrants in 2012.
18 May, 2013, 02.06 AM IST
Residual doubtDarwin may have expounded one of the most elegant biological theories of evolution by natural selection but he apparently had reservations.
11 Jan, 2013, 05.55 AM IST
The Fourth WayIt's said that religion is for those who fear going to hell while spirituality is for those who've already been there.
06 Nov, 2012, 04.47 AM IST
Holy AllianceThe premise of the recently-published Religion for Atheists is surprising but simple.
12 Jun, 2012, 05.22 AM IST
Pray tell me whyWhat should one do if before undergoing major surgery, one is told by the surgeon that he was also going to pray for speedy recovery?
02 Mar, 2012, 05.31 AM IST
Truth-tellers, liars and B-wordersEveryone knows what truth is because, really, it’s so straightforward. It’s fidelity to a fact. A lie on the other hand is slightly trickie...
12 Nov, 2010, 05.39 AM IST
An ontological sense of comfortIt’s funny how the reactive human thought process generally works. You have a person who, say, spends his whole life debunking paranormal o...
10 Apr, 2009, 01.41 AM IST
The agnostic's path to spiritualismSocrates said that an unexamined life is not worth living. Presumably he meant that given the amount of brains we have - stuff that’s capab...
10 Mar, 2009, 12.13 AM IST