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Encyclopedia > Narendra Nayak
Narendra Nayak

Narendra Nayak is a well known rationalist from Mangalore, Karnataka, India. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article is not about continental rationalism. ... , Mangalore (Kannada: ಮಂಗಳೂರು, Mangalooru; Tulu: ಕುಡ್ಲ, Kudla; Konkani: ಕೊಡಿಯಾಲ್, Kodial; Beary: ಮೈಕಾಲ, Maikala)   is the chief port city of the state of Karnataka, India. ... , Karnātakā   (Kannada: ಕನಾ೯ಟಕ) (IPA: ) is one of the four southern states of India. ...


A postgraduate in Medical biochemistry, Narendra Nayak was an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at the Centre for Basic Sciences, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore until the 25th November 2006 when he quit the job to continue full time his work in the field of the rationalist movement. Biochemistry is the study of the chemical processes in living organisms. ...


He is the founder of Dakshina Kannada Rationalist Association and has been its Secretary since 1976. He is also the national president of the Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations, an apex body of more than 65 atheist, rationalist and Humanist groups in India. As part of his campaign to expose the so-called miracles and to debunk superstitions, he has conducted about 2000 demonstrations all over India as well as in Australia, England, and Greece. He has been featured in many Television programs including the one on physical feats by the Discovery Channel, Is it real? by the National Geographic, The secret swami by the BBC and many others. Dakshina Kannada Rationalist Association (DKRA) is a well known rationalist group based in Mangalore, Karnataka. ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations (FIRA)is an umbrella body of about 65 rationalist, atheist, skeptic, secularist and science organisations in India. ... For information about the band, see Atheist (band). ... This article is not about continental rationalism. ... This article discusses Humanism as a non-theistic life stance. ... A miracle, derived from the old Latin word miraculum meaning something wonderful, is a striking interposition of divine intervention by God in the universe by which the ordinary course and operation of Nature is overruled, suspended, or modified. ... A debunker is a skeptic who pursues dispelling false and unscientific claims. ... For other uses, see Superstition (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Discovery Channel is a cable and satellite TV channel founded by John Hendricks which is distributed by Discovery Communications. ... The National Geographic Society was founded in the USA on January 27, 1888, by 33 men interested in organizing a society for the increase and diffusion of geographical knowledge. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ...


See also

Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations (FIRA)is an umbrella body of about 65 rationalist, atheist, skeptic, secularist and science organisations in India. ... James Randi (born August 7, 1928), stage name The Amazing Randi, is a stage magician and scientific skeptic best known as a challenger of paranormal claims and pseudoscience. ... Prabir Ghosh is the head of the Science and Rationalists’ Association of India, based in Kolkata. ... Basava Premanand Basava Premanand is an eminent skeptic and rationalist from Tamil Nadu, India. ... Dr. Narendra Dabholkar is a prominent rationalist in Maharashtra, India. ...

External links

  • Miracles of Sudhamani : Essay by Narendra Nayak
  • Rationalists expose quack : Essay by Narendra Nayak
  • Indian Rationalists Expose Another Quack : Essay by Narendra Nayak
  • Fake astrologer falls into rationalists’ trap : Report in Deccan Herald
  • http://www.ourkarnataka.com/narendranayak/  :Articles by Narendra Nayak


 

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