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National Meet of SIF activist on 27th-28th Sept at Goa to Stop the Legal Terrorism of India.Activists of the Save Indian Family campaign are meeting from all over India in Goa this weekend (27-28th Sept) to intensify agitation for amendment of dowry laws and domestic violence laws. Their demands are that dowry laws be made bailable and ... [full story]

Itâs that time of year again, no itâs not Onam, but the end of school festivities, ranging from exam crises to misty farewells. Students all over India are completing their final examinations for the year 2005-2006. Usually once the school gates are shut, they are never to be reopened until the exam results come out or ... [full story]

Does consciousness (of the kinds of mind, desires and bodily senses) exist? How do we know of the "apparent existence" of, say, mind (that is, reason)? What is reason? We human beings (like our inferior cousins, plants, microbes and animals) observe "objective" world around us. We act, being propelled by life (so-called instincts), and "go ahead" ... [full story]

The problems of environment, war, regional conflict, unemployment and poverty have remained for too long on this planet. Because of these problems, the majority of us now live below acceptable human standards. If we had set a standard of human living and abided by it, we could have prevented these problems. We can set ... [full story]