Ramesh Nagaragere

To Kill or Not To Kill: A Human Rights Perspective on Capital Punishment

November 14, 2011

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Ramesh Nagaragere Time was when a king got angry with one of his subjects and said, ‘Off with his head’ and it was done. Not just that. He would also order the chopped off head to be hung on the walls of the fort. At the gates. The intent was not merely to punish…

A Landmark Judgement

October 10, 2011

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Ramesh Nagaragere This commentary on the Judgement delivered by the High Court of Karnataka was published in the October 2010 issue of Indian Skeptic, an ezine now defunct. We upload the essay as the judgement continues to be relevant to the rationalist movement in India. There have been occasions when Indian judiciary has surprised, shocked…

Why I Am An Atheist

September 22, 2011

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Ramesh Nagaragere Like any child born into a middle class, upper caste family in India I was also part of the traditional ways of thinking and living, but with a touch of liberalism. I was initiated to be a dwija (twice born) at a very young age as it happens in the case of most…