In 1994, when Mother Teresa was being revered globally for her compassionate and heroic work, Christopher Hitchens stirred controversy with his British TV documentary ‘Hell’s Angel, produced by BBC, igniting an international debate. For the first time, there was widespread questioning about this noble literate iconic figure, prompting pondering on whether she was a Saint […]
Author: Deb Paul
Religion and Morality
There is a widespread uninformed belief in the context of Morality that theists’ belief in ‘God’ motivates them to be moral and ethical while atheists do not have any such motivation to cling on to moral values and principles. Is there any truth to this notion? The above notion reflects why people choose to be theists […]
Homeopathy is a Scam
Homeopathy is a reckless scam. However, not necessarily all it’s practitioners are knowingly scamming people. They themselves are victims of this age-old scam due to the ignorance and/or ingrained irrationalism. Homeopathy is terribly dangerous and unethical ‘treatment’ method as it causes people to delay seeking effective treatment. Homeopathic ‘medicine’ has no medicinal ingredients I’m sure we […]
Pseudoscience of Sadhguru
Mr. Jaggi Vasudev, aka Sadhguru, is a new-age self-styled godman who has abundant modern educated urban Indian and NRI followers. Jaggi Vasudev is a Zakir Naik equivalent in many ways – the key differences are: Articulation, Assertions, Attires and Attachments (religious and political). Jaggi Vasudev’s reasoning skills are quite similar to another self-styled godman Nithyananda. […]
Mass drug overdose – none dead
The 10:23 Campaign The 10:23 Campaign is an awareness and protest campaign against Homoeopathy organised by the Merseyside Skeptics Society, a non-profit organisation, to oppose the sale of homoeopathic products in the United Kingdom in 2010. The campaign has staged public “overdoses” of homoeopathic preparations. The organisers state that homoeopathy is “an unscientific and absurd […]
Let’s understand a few fundamental things first for anyone new to the research publication methods before we discuss Predatory Journals (or Fake Journals). There are broadly two types of scholarly journals: academic and professional journals An Academic Journal is a scholarly journal which publishes articles and serves as a medium for the introduction and presentation […]
Fraud Alert – Biswaroop Roy Chowdhury
By the end of this article, you are going to find out several surprising facts. From medical scams to running fake degree rackets. I tried to make it as authentic as I can by providing appropriate references. There’s more to this person than meets the eye. So, hold your breath and read on! अगर आप […]