धर्म और आस्था के नाम पर पर्यावरण से खिलवाड़
धर्म का मर्म समझने वाले बताते हैं कि धार्मिक परंपराओं का मूल प्रकृति का संरक्षण है। ऐसे में सवाल यह उठता है कि विसंगतियां ...
Religion V environment
How Nanak used nature in his verses to drive home his point
Down To Earth speaks to musician and singer Rabbi Shergill about the poetry of Sikhism’s founder and its many allusions to facets of …
How to douse the flames
The challenge facing India today is in many ways the biggest challenge facing the entire world
No consensus on consciousness
Despite fanciful theories by psychologists, physicists, neuroscientists and computer scientists, consciousness remains an abiding mystery
इस्लाम और पर्यावरण
इस्लाम की जन्मस्थली मरुस्थल है, इसलिए इस्लाम में जल को ‘‘जीवन का रहस्य’’ की प्रतिष्ठा दी गई है
Big gods came after the rise of civilisations, not before, finds study using huge historical database
A massive database, named after Seshat, the Egyptian goddess of record keeping, is helping researchers
Mobocracy can’t be allowed in a democracy, says SC
The apex court asks the Parliament to draft a new legislation against lynching
Presumed ideals
Any utopia, whether founded on reason or faith, contains the seeds of dystopia within
त्योहारों में धर्म के नाम पर पर्यावरण को नुकसान
जब से धर्म फैशन का रूप लेने लगा है, इसने पर्यावरण को ज्यादा नुकसान पहुंचाना शुरू कर दिया है
The real bad news
The most prosperous regions and communities in India have a bias against the female sex. Religion-based data shows us the biggest development …
बर्बर हो जाने का संकेत तो नहीं भीड़ हिंसा!
भारत में “भीड़ के द्वारा हिंसा” कोई नया घटनाक्रम नहीं है, लेकिन भीड़ हिंसा को कट्टरपंथी राजनीति और साम्प्रदायिकता में श्रृद्धा रखने वाली सरकारों ...
Sarna Dharam Code: Of Adivasi identity and eco-nationalism
Down To Earth speaks to experts on Adivasi culture about the recent resolution passed by the Jharkhand Assembly, asking for a separate religion …
Putting faith back in science
Pope Francis may have just succeeded in creating a kind of middle ground, albeit a slippery one
Religious leaders pledge to alleviate poverty
They also declared they would do all they could to support the new SDGs, aimed at lifting millions of people out of poverty and creating a …
Can FSSAI ensure safe food at places of worship without hurting religious sentiments?
India’s food regulatory body plans to implement Food Safety Management System (FSMS) to ensure quality of food in places of worship, but it …
Religion v science: desperate claims
Rationalist analyses recent statements by Prime Minister Modi and the Pope
COVID-19: Why social distancing does not work for Nigerian women
Religion holds an African woman responsible for all domestic chores, and saying no to husbands is not allowed, say Nigerian women