Tag Archives: Renny Thomas
It’s the little things
‘What Muslim Women Face Every Day at Work’, The Wire, April 4, 2024: [Nisha] Shah, who prays five times a day, says such Islamophobia at the workplace – amongst highly educated Indian youth – has become more audacious. She says … Continue reading
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Tagged communalism, Islamophobia, Mahima Jain, pseudo-secularism, Renny Thomas
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There’s a scientistic eclipse
There is a solar eclipse today and news websites are as usual participating in amplifying nonsense. It’s prima facie not nonsense in and of itself but because it’s not qualified as astrological material. That is, it’s an example of news … Continue reading
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Tagged Indigenous peoples, knowledge system, rationalism, Renny Thomas, right wing, scientism, solar eclipse, Zee News
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On science, religion, Brahmins and a book
I’m partway through Renny Thomas’s new book, Science and Religion in India: Beyond Disenchantment. Its description on the Routledge page reads: This book provides an in-depth ethnographic study of science and religion in the context of South Asia, giving voice to Indian scientists … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, K Sivan, pseudoscience, Raja Ramanna, Renny Thomas, science and religion, scientific temper, scientism
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