Who is sanal edamaruku

They stayed there peacefully for some time. But the day my mother went into labor and my father happened to be out of the house, the family suddenly tried to force her to convert to Christianity.

That night my parents made the hard decision to leave. They wandered—my mother travailing—through a rainy night not knowing where to go. The Humanist : What a vivid and oddly familiar beginning!

What was your childhood like from there? Edamaruku: My childhood was very colorful. At an early age, I became involved in traditional Kerala music, dance theater, and the world of mythology.

Over many years, I studied and performed Kathakali the highly stylized classical Indian dance-drama with great enthusiasm—and success. My parents wanted me to have every option and make my own decision, which I did at the age of fifteen. It was triggered by a dramatic event. There was a young woman in our neighborhood named Susan who was a nationally acclaimed athlete and who later developed blood cancer.

Her death shook me deeply—and finally made me an active rationalist. Soon after, I founded a rationalist student organization and launched anti-superstition campaigns. The Humanist : What were your academic interests growing up? Who are some of your intellectual influences?

Edamaruku: I was always interested in understanding and explaining how things worked and how they were connected. I was always confident that science would explain everything—if not today, then tomorrow. Among the important intellectual influences in my young years were Jawaharlal Nehru, Rabindranath Tagore, and Periyar E.

Ramaswamy, as well as Robert G. Wells, Charles Bradlaugh, and Bertrand Russell. Edamaruku: Once my father allowed himself to think critically about the Bible, he began step by step to confute Christian teachings and wrote the book. Members of his family demanded that he apologize, but he refused. Then they tried to get him assassinated, forcing him to flee. A Hindu scholar gave him asylum and allowed him to live in his huge library, where my father came upon the Complete Works of Robert Green Ingersoll.

The Humanis t: Your father was arrested on several occasions. He is a trained Kathakali dancer and directed Kathakali plays. He also performs the traditional Kerala percussion instrument Edakka. Watch the CNN report on the Mumbai miracle.

Since he found that the source of the "miraculous" water dripping crucifix in a Mumbai church was leaky toilet drainage line, and explained that on TV, there were threats to his life and safety. He refused to apologize and moved to Helsinki for his safety and continues his activities at a global level from there. Sanal Edamaruku's blogs in English. Sanal Edamaruku's blogs in Malayalam.

Yoga is promoted heavily. There are many myths around Yoga. What is the reality? Those days in India when you could criticize the holy cows of the society without fear of guns and goons Exposing Yoga Miracles - Interview in Ananda, yoga magazine.

Biblical Prophecy and World End Alarm. IG crimes S Sreejith, who is also the nodal officer of International Investigation Coordination Wing of the state police, confirmed receiving a report in this regard from the Interpol authorities in Delhi. The case is that Edamaruku, hailing from Thiruvananthapuram , offered the complainant, Prameela Devi , a visa to Finland for educational purpose, a job with high salary and permanent residential permit in Finland. He accepted a total of Rs The investigation was completed and chargesheet was filed in February Though the court issued an arrest warrant in his name, the order could not be executed as he was not in the country.