1. Contents & Editor's Page 2
The belief in Superstitions 2
2. God Check-mated - A. Hamath & A. Sutyanarayana 4
3. Jesus among the Clouds - Joe Nickell 23
4. Homoeopathy Controversy - B. Premanand 26
5. Homoeopathy - Bernard Howard 28
6. The parable of the Wolf's Footprints - Ramakrishna Bhattacharya 31
7. The Logic of the Non-Skeptic Om Dev Nellore II - B. Premanand 36
8. Premadasa Reincarnates in Sri Lanka - Margaret Bhatty 38
9, How Kovoor changed my life from Superstitions, to a Rationalist - Dr. Rajendra Gera 39
10. Stop Sai Bhajans: Start Blood- Bank for National Integration - B.V. Radhakrishna Murthy 41
11. Stop Planting the seeds for a Second Partion - Siddharth Radheshyam 42
12. The man who could foresee the future of others, could not foresee his own future - Avani Kumar 43
Miracle Man wants Miracle to happen to him - Srinivasa Prasad 43
13. Shakuntala Devi miscalculates' forgets bag in cab - Express Nevis Service 44
14. Religious Expulsion - Gopalakrishnan P.V 44
15. Firewalk Firm escapes Court Action - NZ Skeptics 45
16. Brand problems of a religious, multinational - Swaminathan & Anklesaria Aiyar 45
1. Is the Personal Publicity Expenses exempted from Income Tax? and contravention of Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectonable Advertisements) Act 1954 2
Maha Yaga brings War & Destruction 2
2. Do Physics & Metaphysics Meet? - Dr. Munish Raizada 4
3. 'Commit a crime, become a sadhu' - Amit Sharma 4
4, Search of Truth - S. Jayarama Reddy 5
5. The Exorcist - Margaret Bhatty 9
6. The Private and The Public Ethics - Pekka Eio 14
7. Remembering Kovoor - Rationalism in An Irrational Worid - Rehut Singh 19
8. Swami Muthukamakshi's Miracles - B. Premanand 21
9. Why Sai Baba is given so much importance? - S.A. Baseer 21
10. Testing New Claims of dermo-optical Perception - Claudio Benski & CRSSA Scientists 22
11. Sir, You are Silent on other Religions - Nameless Letter 31
12. This Superstitious World - T.K. Belan 31
13. Mata Amritanandamayi Addresses Meet - Lakshmi V 32
14. Advertisement 33
15. Praying for Peace - Renu Bhatnagar 34
16. Rationalists put up fight against obscurantism - Vidyadhar Date 36
17. Biological Control of Mosquitos by Introducing Larvidical Fishes in Open Gutters and Water Ditches - V.K. Partikar 37
18. Suggestions for improvement - D.P. Sharma 39
19. The Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectional Advertisements) Act, 1954 42
20. Indian Skeptic - Thought Provoking - Dr. B.H.M. Nijalingappa 47
1. Contents & Editor's Page 2
The People's Awakening 2
The Celebacy of the godmen - Sacrificing life to conceive 3
2. Human Rights - K. Aravinda Rao ... 4
3. These Superstitious Leaders - Prakriti Kumar 8
4. A struggle against Fundamentalists - Dhananjay Aditya 9
5. How to be Skeptical - New Zealand Skeptics 13
6. Therapeutic Touch: Raising the Hurdle? What Hurdle? - Tom Napier 18
7. Accepting Miracles in Your Life - Bob Glickman 19
8. Investigating Spirit Communications - Joe Nickeit 21
9. False Hopes or Hard Truths? - Terfy A. Smiyanich 24
10. Blind Faith - Rosamma Jose 26
11. This Superstitious World - T.K. Balan 26
12. Doomsday Forecast - J.V. Nartikar 27
13. 'Many are drawn to pseudo sciences like astrology' - Vaishnavi C. Sekhar 29
14. Prediction Addiction: A spreading new trend - Sue Reid 31
15. ISKCON turmoil: Its icon 'falls for a woman' - Ashis Chakrabarti 32
16. Tantrik, aide held for sacrificing girl - Times of India 34
17. Astrologees Advertisement - Achaarya Sidhaarat 34
18. Pranic Healing - Advertisement 35
19. Rationalists chant Godiess Mantra - Narendran Nair C.N. 36
20. CPI-ML-PW Response to the First Report of the CCC 39
21. God Check-mated - excellent - Dr. Jose K. Paul 47
1. Contents & Editor's Page - Homeopathic Cure of Renal Disease, Witch Doctors 2
Om Dev Nellore and his Non-skeptical Logic - 3
2. Homeopath claims he can cure Renal Failures - Sriranjan Chaudhuri 4
3. Which doctors treatment drives woman to hospital - Bansy Kalappa 5
'Healing' with chants - Crime Correspondent - Times of India 6
4. News from Andhra - I. Dawood 6
Lawyer Baba's world comes to an end - Deccan Chronicle 6
Wives suspected of Sorcery Killed - Deccan Chronicle 7
5. Teenager influenced by Shaktiman kills himself - Times of India 8
6. Blind Faith leads to Bad Climax - Times of India 9
7. The Father and the Son - Ved Pilya 9
8. From Andhra Pradesh - S. Jyothsna Rani 10
Monuments are Shedding Sweat - A. Karunaker Goudi 10
Idol of Ganesh's Pulse-beats - P.A.P.D. Sharma 10
9. Psychic / Prophet' fails the TBS $1,000 challenge - Gary P. Posner 11
10. Wonder Why? - April Holladay 14
11. Five more Barhaspatya Fragments - Ramkrishna Bhattecharya 16
12. The Sai Baba and his Students - B. Premanand 18
Abuse of Children by Sai Baba 19
Letter to the Vice Chancellor 19
"Betrayal" by Sai Baba 20
13. Medical initiative - Do your Chakras need a Check-up? - Robert A. Baker 29
14. A Skeptical View of Exorcism and Deliverance - Part 1 - Danny Barnett 32
15. The Logic of the Non-Skeptic" Om Dev Nellore III 40
Letter to Dr. V.S. Subba Rao 41
Reply from Dr. Viruru S. Subba Rao 41
16. The Physics of ESP - Robert Novella 3
1. Contents 2
Editor's Page - Kidney Stealing in Sai Baba's Super Speciality Hospital 2
Money-spinning Yagnas do not work 3
On the Authenticity of Two alleged Carvaka Aphorisms - Ramkrishna Bhattacharya 4
3. Reincarnation Stuff - Ved Priya 9
4. Math pontiff toppled, disciple takes over - Times of India 10
5. Scientists reject God - Kushwant Singh 11
6. Villagers tonsure Dalit men for marrying out of caste - Times of India 11
7. If it's Tuesday, this must be Siddhivinayak - Shabnam Minwalla 13
8. This Superstitious World - T.K. Balan 14
9. HC directs not to seize ABCL property - Times of India 15
10. Ganesh devotees enjoy darshan on Angarika - Somit Sen 15
11. Cricket fans to pray at Siddhi Vinayak for team - Times of India 16
12. 'If players don't perform, gods will' - Sudhir K. Singh 17
13. Peace through Puja - M.N. Chatterjee 18
14. CBI probes role of head priest in temple trust Chief's Murder- Times of India 18
15. Astrologer says Deve Gowda may became PM - Times of India 19
16. Scientists scoff at Doomsday theory - Seema Singh 20
17. Murder of G.S. Stains - Siddharth Radheshyam 21
18. Auras: Now you see them, now you don't - Robert Todd Carroll 22
19. Unsupported Medical Claims - Jeanine DeNoma 24
20. A Skeptical view of Exorcism and Deliverance (Part II) - Danny Barnett 31
21. Mystics or Mental cases? - Margaret Bhatty 35
22. Absurdities of Astrology - I. Dawood 40
23. Crystal gazing: India will make it to the semis - Deccan Herald 40
24. Azhar is name of the game: Astrologer - Elisa Patnaik 42
25. And Soul died with this - Kiran Nanavati 42
26. Hidden Messages in almost every TV program you watch - April Holladay 43
27. Sensational News of Rebirths - S. Jyothsna Rani 45
1. Contents & Guest Editorial Personal Code of Conduct - Dr. Narender K. Sehgal - Comments 3
2. Errata - Ramkrishna Bhattacharya 5
3. Win One Lakh Rupees - Srikrishna Podder 5
4. Even Madness must have Limit? True! - B. Premanand 6
5. Born Again - V. Radhika 13
Most cases are authentic Interview/Satwant Pasricha 15
Undying memories 16
The Child who loved me 17
6. She can recount three previous births - Shyam Gaur 19
7. A Humanist Wedding 21
8. Rage against the Veil - Western Inquirer 21
9. In search of Democratic Space - III - CCC 22
10. Treating Alcoholism 24
11. A Skeptical view of Exorcism and deliverance Part III - Danny Barnet 34
12. Sensless talks & actions by Sai devotees - K.S. Ramachandran 38
13. Amongst Students - spreading Scientific Temper- D. Panigrahi 39
14. Dilip Kumar-Nishan-e-Imtiaz - The Controversy - Dr. (Mrs.) Sunanda Shet 40
Whom to vote? 41
15. On the use of a Simile in a Carvaka Aphorism - Ramkrishna Bhattacharya . 41
16. Herbal Petrol, milk-sipping idols What next? - E.M. Muralidharan 44
Suggestions for improvement of Indian Skeptic 44
17. Poor Astrology - Ved Priya 46
18. Congrats! - Prof. Kaj Bjorkqvist 46
19. A Fraud on Humanity - S.A. Baseer 46
20. Book Yukti Chinta Released 46
1. Contents & Editorial 2
A Better World to Live 2
Kargil War, corruption in the Government and small, small Problems of the People 3
2. Astrologers find New Medium in Pagers to cheat the People - Kiran Nanavati 6
3. The Election Scene Astrology - Kushwant Singh 7
Sai Baba assures grant for hospital - Deccan Herald 8
CM holds talks with Sai Baba - TOI 9
Ramesh Kumar at Baba abode - TOI 9
H.J. Dora at Puttaparthy - Vaartha 9
Speaker Balayogi at Puttaparthi - Vaartha 10
Tantric way to lost glory - Deccan Herald 10
Chandraswamy on come back trail in Rajasthan - Deccan Herald 10
Yagna to ward of evil spirits in MP assembly - Deccan Herald 11
Numerologist predicts Pawar as PM - Kedar Kamat 11
Sonia will be PM for a short interval, predicts crystal gazer - Mamatha Gowda 12
Temple Trysts - TOI 13
Yogi predicts major Pak offensive - TOI 13
Invoking gods before alliance - TOI 14
Planetory plot to foul up elections? - Arun Roy 14
'Creator willing' - TOI 15
Eclipse effect on JD (United) - TOI 15
An eclipse and an ex-PM 15
Dropped from the list, saffron sanyasi vows to destroy BJP - Biswajeet Banerjee 16
In Delhi, theen baar in a row, nobody wants to have a go! - TOI 16
4. Aids Cure Advertisement Again - Margaret Bhatty 17
5. "Exorcism at Chhottanikkara Temple" - T.K. Balan 18
6. Conman's spell broken, Baba held for cheating - The New Indian Express 20
7. A Skeptical View of Exorcism and Deliverance (Part IV) - Danny Barnett 21
8. Right to Information - V.M. Tarkunde 27
9. Science versus Miracles - Vol.2, No.1 - Ganesha idol drinking milk - B. Premanand 30
10. Isaac Tigrett - Hard Rock Cafe and Sai Baba - B. Premanand 32
11. The Oracle and his prophecies - Dr. Sunil J. Rao 33
12. How medallions continuously emanate Amrith? - Ming-Yin-Liang 34
13. Rudraksha Therapy - P.V. Gopalakrishnan 36
14. In Search of Democratic Space - IV - Second Report of the CCC (Dec. 1997) 37
1. Contents & Editorial 3
The Election Predictions 3
The Boastful Sai Baba 3
A Matter of Method 4
2. Foreign Lady dies in the Invation Saigeeta (Elephant) - Eenadu 5
3. Suicide for not getting Baba's darshan - Deccan Herald 5
4. Uddalaka: A Materialist Among the Upanisadic Sages - Ramkrishna Bhattacharya 7
5. Oracles of the Western Nation - Joe Nickell - Book Review by N.M. Hussain 9
6. Voters Awareness Campaign - A Report - Dr. (Mrs.) Sunanda Shet 12
7. The High Court Order against Muringoor Divine Retreat Centre - P.V. Gopalakrishnan 13
8. Miracle Exposure shows in Medical College Rohtak (PGIMS) Haryana - Dr. Rajendra Gera 14
9. Understanding Back Pain and Its Treatment - AETNA U.S.A. Healthcare 15
10. Goodness Gracious, Baba - Times of India 20
11. In the House of God - The Sai Baba - Mick Brown 23
12. True Miracle is Contrary to Science - Wolf Roder 31
13. Visiting Schools in Orissa Explaining Miracles - Prof. S.K. Acharya 32
14. Some thoughts about Faith Healing - Stephen Barrett, M.D. 32
15. CPI-ML-PW Response to the Second Report of the Committee - CCC 34
Letter From CPI-ML-PW North Telangana Special Zonal Committee - CCC 40
Committee's Reply to CPI-ML-PW's Response to Second Report - CCC 41
16. Resurrection of Vasanth Babu Rao - A.T. Kovoor 42
1. Contents & Editor's Page 3
Our Scientific Institutions and Scientific Temper 3
Let us establish a "Method of Science" Exhibition 5
2. Puttaparthi Doctors Sued for Kidney Transplant - Deccan Chronicle 5
3. Writ plea against Satya Sai Institute Doctors Admitted - The Hindu 6
4. CM meets Sai Baba - The Hindu 7
5. Godmen - Saraswathi Madhavan 7
6. Prime Minister's representative again at Chandiroor - P.G. Panikker 7
From India 8
7. The Logic of the Non-skeptic 8
Reply to the Non-skeptic Logic of N. Om Dev 9
8. Religion encourages wrongdoing - Prakrithi Kumar Patnaik 10
9. Buddhiwadi Foundation Web-site 10
10. Indian Skeptic - Hindu Bashing? - B. Premanand 11
11. Vedic Sutras solve Mathematic Problems - Voice of Jammu Kashmir 11
"Vedic mathematics" and computers - Dr. S. Balachandra Rao 12
12. In Search of Democratic Space - VI Summary of Discussions with CPI-ML-PW in January 1998 - CCC 13
13. Internet Astrology 22
14. Secular Ethics in Formal Education - Two Questions for Schools - Pekka Elo 27
15. Materialism in India: After Carvaka - Ramkrishna Bhattacharya 31
16. Understanding Back-pain 2 Don't Take It Easy, Exercise! - AETNA U.S. HealthcareTM 36
17. Story of a 'Humanist' Wedding - Babu R.R. Gogineni 39
18. Reviving Hindu Superstitions - Margaret Bhatty 41
Group to organise Mass Chanting of Gayatri Mantra - Times of India 41
19. Why I lost faith in prayer and God? - K.S. Ramachandran 42
20. Madalyn Murray O'Hairs' disappearance - Water's Gets Sixty Years - Frank R. Zindler 44
21. Ten Common Myths About ATHEIST. and other freethinkers - Freedom From Religion Foundation 45
22. Recipient of Jamnalal Bajaj National Award 47
1. Contents & Editor's Page . 3
The 7th National Children's Science Congress 3
Millennium Conference of Maharashtra Andha Shraddha Nirmulan Samiti 4
A Shock! 5
2. Appreciations (Dr. Bipul Sharmah, Dr. Mirko Declara, Prof. Kaj Bjorkqvist) 5
3. Indian Skeptic Leads to Australian Skeptics - Dr. N.C.T. Brito-Babapulle 6
4. MBK is no more Living except His Thoughts & Work while Living - B. Premanand 6
5. If you fail in the Supreme Court I will condemn the Judgment - K. Gopalakrishna Shanbhague 7
6. Late B.V. Raman & Astrology - I. Dawood 7
7. 'Science should not denigrate astrology' - Deccan Chronicle 8
8. Exercises for Low Back Pain - III - AETNA US Healthcare 8
9. The Guru - Richard Guilliatt 10
10. The Error Machine of Joseph Newman - Tom Napier 11
11. Seances, Mediums and Messages - Patrick O'Reilly 13
12. Book Review by Gopalakrishnan P.V. - A Skeptic's Guide to the New Age 20
13. Drugs: The Problem is the Policy - John Marks 21
14. The Parallel Delusion of ESP and Cold Fusion - Victor J. Stenger 22
15. They Never said It! - John George 24
16. A Country Protected by 'spirit' - Ved Priya 32
17. Rationalists object to sepoy story - The Tribune 32
18. What They Said About Religion - Nontract No.4. 33
19. Humanism for the world, The Humanist Way - IHEU 35
20. In Search of Democratic Space - VII 40
1. Contents & Editor's Page 3
Good News! 3
2. Blind Belief - Rupert Sheldrake 4
3. Humanism for The World 7
4. Virgin Mary Shedding Tears - Ved Priya 10
5. Logical Fallacies - Steven Novella M.D. 10
6. Lokayata and Lokayatana in Sanskrit-Dictionaries - Ramkrishna Bhattacharya 15
7. Hindu Bashing - S.N. Tikku 18
Reply - B. Premanand 21
8. Ram Janmabhoomi and Babri Masjid Issue - Syed Shahabuddin 22
9. Late Indian President S.D. Sharma's kin suspect in Lall Killing - Deccan Herald 22
10. Sonia asks chief of party unit to quit - Deccan Herald 22
11. Manu remanded to police custody - Deccan Herald 22
12. 'I was not in my senses' Manu Sharma confessed to shooting at model, say Police - Deccan Herald 23
13. Warm Welcome to Chief Justice at Puttaparthi - VAARTHA 24
14. Notices to Puttaparthy Doctors in Kidney Transplantation Case - VAARTHA 24
15. Sai Baba and Kidney Fraud - Warren C. Pyke 25
16. Holy Abuse - P.V. Gopalakrishnan 25
17. The Challenge of a Genius Learner - K. Prakash 26
18. Channeling - Patrick O'Reilly Chair 31
19. In Search of Democratic Space - III
20. Revolutionary Resistance - Liberal Democrats' Response - Our Tasks - CCC 37
1. Contents 3
Editor's Page - An Open letter to The Sarva-daivatva Swaroopa Bhagawan Sri Sri Sri Satya Sai Baba . 4
2. This Superstitious World .
As ground water levels dip, demand for diviners goes up - TOI 6
How is divining done? 6
The Sacred and the profane - Sarala Krishnamurthy 7
Religion to serve the people - Khushwant Singh 8
Five lakh devotees throng Yellamma temple - Deccan Herald 9
Black magician murdered in City - Deccan Herald 10
'Yogic flying' for world peace mooted - TOI 10
Devotees rush to see 'miracle' - Deccan Herald 11
Human sacrifice in Istanbul to appease Satan - TOI 11
Gory animal sacrifice near B'lore - Michael R. Patrao 11
The Bible's big flood lies halfway between legend and science - TOI 12
The spirited underside of a spiritual facade - Jhimli Mukherjee 13
Mad rush to see 'God's footprint's in Shimoga - TOI 14
God's my sleeping partner and all's rich with the world - Archana Shenoy 14
Thirsty Assamese hold frog weddings for rain - TOI 15
Devotees throng Balamuri Ganapati temple - C.H. Prahlada Rao 16
3. Gods could not protect them 17
At least 51 killed in stampede at Sabarimala shrine - Deccan Herald 17
Sabarimala toll touches 52, judicial probe ordered - Deccan Herald 18
6 victims from State identified 18
32 Sabarimala stampede victims identified - Deccan Herald 19
Seven pilgrims killed - Deccan Herald 19
VHP invokes divine power to banish ISI 'demon' - Aloke Banerjee 19
4. Need to root out religious fanaticism stressed - The Hindu 20
5. Shantaveri Gopalagowda Award for Narasimhaiah - Deccan Herald 21
Love life for good health: HN - Deccan Herald 21
Pondering over values - Maithreyi M.R. 22
The story of an untiring patriot - Geetha Rao 24
6. Letters to the Editor 24
I. Rebirth True - K. Prakash 24
II. Hypnosis & Brain Power - Francis N.J. 25
III. Prayer and meditation cures diseases - M.N. Nair 25
IV. Hindu Bashing by Christians 26
V. Suggestions for Improvement - Ramesh P. Vadangekar 26
7. "Towards 21st Century with 18th Century mind" - T.K. Balan 26
8. They traverse miles to pay tributes to the 'sati' - Meena Misra 27
9. Villagers worship 'sati' victim as a goddess - Meena Misra 28
10. Burning reality: 'sati' resurrects the ghosts of centuries-old ills - Nikhat Kazmi 29
11. Ordeal by Fire - Manusmriti 30
12. Locals glorify 'sati', U.P. Govt. imposes prohibitory orders - TOI 31
13. Team finds no evidence of crowd flocking to worship 'sati' in Mahoba - TOI 32
14. Return of Sati worship - Rashme Sehgal 33
15. Sati Prevention Act is draconian, anti-people - Madhu Kishwar 34
16. The Guru as Friend Counsellor & Healer - Rashme Sehgal 36
17. It's Time for Science To Take a Stand Against Popular Superstitions - James Randy 37
18. Yagna cannot produce Rains - I. Dawood 38
19. Rain gods respond to 'Varuna Yagam' - Deccan Chronicle 42
20. Tirumala Yagnam ends - Deccan Chronicle 42
21. In Search of Democratic Space - IX
Open Letter to the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh - CCC 43
Open Letter to the CPI (ML) Peoples War - CCC 45
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