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Indian atheism activists (16 P) Pages in category "Indian atheists" The following 144 pages are in this category, out of 144 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
Atheism and agnosticism have a long history in India and flourish within the Śramaṇa movement. Indian religions like Jainism, Hinduism and Buddhism consider atheism to be acceptable. [1] [2] [3] Doubt has been ingrained even in Indian spiritual culture. [4] India has produced some notable atheist politicians and social reformers. [5]
Sahodaran Ayyappan (1889–1969): Co-founder of the modern atheist movement in Kerala state in India, and minister in Travancore-Cochin government. Goparaju Ramachandra Rao, Well known as Gora (1902–1975) Social reformer, founded Atheist Centre on the principles of positive Atheism. Participated in Indian freedom movement, preached atheism.
Hindu spiritual atheists, agnostics or non-theists who affirm the sanctity of the Vedas and the concept of Brahman, as well as those who follow astika (orthodox) philosophies but reject personal god(s), are also called Dharmic atheists, Vedic atheists or Sanatani atheists. [2] In current Indian languages, such as Hindi or Bengali, āstika and ...
Professed to being an atheist in his book Tricks of the Mind and described Bertrand Russell's collection of essays Why I Am Not a Christian "an absolute joy." Luis Buñuel (1900–1983): Spanish film-maker, activist of the surrealist movement. Known for his one-liner, "Thank God I'm an atheist." [36] [37] Richard Burton (1925–1984): Welsh ...
Pages in category "Indian atheism activists" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D.
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis FRS (1893–1972): Indian scientist and applied statistician. He is best remembered for the Mahalanobis distance, a statistical measure and for being one of the members of the first Planning commission of free india. He made pioneering studies in anthropometry in India and founded the Indian Statistical Institute. [212]
Margaret Downey (born 1950): atheist activist who is a former President of Atheist Alliance International. [15] Joseph Edamaruku (1934–2006): Indian journalist, author, leader in the rationalist movement, and winner of the International Atheist Award in 1979. [16] [17]