New Humanist: Ideas for godless people

Articles by subject: India

The triumph of Rushdie's censors (by Kenan Malik, March/April 2012 )
The response to the latest threats against Salman Rushdie shows that we have become dangerously accustomed to the erosion of free speech, says Kenan Malik
The god confusion (by Angela Saini, March/April 2011 )
In trying to make religion sound more logical and scientific, are educated Indians actually having a crisis of faith? asks Angela Saini
The God Market: How Globalisation is Making India More Hindu by Meera Nanda (by Edna Fernandes, January/February 2010 )
Edna Fernandes isn't quite convinced by an explanation of India's religious nationalism
The Last Jews of Kerala by Edna Fernandes (by Ben Rich, July/August 2008 )
Ben Rich misses the last Jews of Kerala
Death on air (by Sanal Edamaruku, May/June 2008 )
Sanal Edamuruku on the night a guru tried to kill him live on Indian TV
Rush hour of the gods (by Meera Nanda, March/April 2008 )
India's middle classes are becoming increasingly pious, says Meera Nanda
Diary: Give us a hug (by Peyvand Khorsandi, March/April 2008 )
Peyvand Khorsandi pays a visit to Amma – India's hugging saint
Editorial: Toxic mix (by Caspar Melville, March/April 2008 )
From Russia to India, France to Iran, come particular examples of a general rule – religion and politics are a toxic mix
Allah's ambassadors (by Edna Fernandes, November/December 2007 )
Edna Fernandes gains unique access to the ultra-orthodox Deoband madrassa in rural India
Editorial (by Caspar Melville, September/October 2007 )
Those calling for partition in Iraq should remember the consequences of another attempt to carve up a diverse society along religious lines
Holy Warriors: A journey into the heart of Indian fundamentalism by Edna Fernandes (by Meera Nanda, July/August 2007 )
Meera Nanda on India's fundamentalist mix
Sand for the thirsty (by Sanal Edamaruku, January/February 2007 )
Conversion to Buddhism is no solution to the evils of India's caste system, says Sanal Edamaruku
The debunkers (by Caspar Melville, November/December 2005 )
India's rationalists are on the frontline of the battle between science and superstition. Caspar Melville reports on their fight to debunk "holy men"
Intellectual Treason (by Meera Nanda, January/February 2005 )
Meera Nanda uncovers an extraordinary coalition that is undermining science
Weapons of Civilisation (by Sanal Edamaruku, Winter 2001 )
There's only one really effective weapon in the war against terrorism. And that's the principles of Enlightenment civilisation, says Sanal Edamaruku
History and the Enterprise of Knowledge (by Amartya Sen, Summer 2001 )
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on the battleground of history
A Human Disaster (by Shirley Dent, Summer 2001 )
Shirley Dent talks to earthquake expert Andy Thompson.
Sidestepping Jewish apartheid (by Edna Fernandes, Web Exclusive, July 2008)
Edna Fernandes, author of The Last Jews of Kerala, responds to Ben Rich's criticism of her book in the July/August issue of New Humanist
Film review: Slumdog Millionaire (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, February 2009)
Danny Boyle's feelgood Oscar-winner lacks the depth to be a true classic, says Fred Rowson
India would have been a better place without Sathya Sai Baba (by Sanal Edamaruku, Web Exclusive, April 2011)
Indian rationalist Sanal Edamaruku on the final debunking of a guru
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