P L Rao Image Courtesy: creations.blogspot.com “Why I am a rationalist?” Each time someone asks me this question, it sets me thinking: “Is it a right question?” As human beings, we are gifted with a brain largest among all species, which has been tremendously researched upon and according to this, the left side of…
P L Rao (Part I and Part II of this Essay are here) Flourishing field of Religion Religious field is flourishing today due to the vast scope of earning fame and power. Scandals and Babas sail together. But the institutions survive due to political patronage enjoyed by the community as a whole. None bothers…
P L Rao (Part I of this Essay is here) History of growth of “Faith” in some important religions Faith as an entity is the backbone of any theology. We now examine how true this statement is by taking example of few religions. Hinduism was born in about 2000 BCE as a blend of emigrant…
P L Rao Recently in a temple, a famous speaker in his discourse on subject “Divinity, Ethics and You” was extolling virtues as man’s innate goodness and need of belief in God and compassionate treatment of others. Suddenly, there was interruption–an announcement: “Will the owner of car number xxx kindly move it aside as…
Institution of Engineers is an august body of engineering professionals in India. It was established way back in the 1920s to cater to the educational and other professional aspirations of engineers. It is claimed to be, according to Wikipedia, “the largest multi-disciplinary engineering professional society in the English speaking world”. It obtained, in 1935, the…