Indian CSICOP::FIRA

<html> <head> <meta HTTP-EQUIV="Description" NAME="Description" CONTENT="Indian Sceptic is the offical website of Indian Committee For Scientific Investigation Of Claims Of The Paranormal"> <meta HTTP-EQUIV="Keywords" NAME="Keywords" CONTENT="India, science, paranormal, sai baba, astrology, fakirs, superstition, scepticism, rationalism, rationalists"> <style type="text/css">  </style> <style type="text/css">BODY { SCROLLBAR-FACE-COLOR: #4863A0; SCROLLBAR-HIGHLIGHT-COLOR: #1589FF; SCROLLBAR-SHADOW-COLOR: #9999ff; SCROLLBAR-3DLIGHT-COLOR: #9999ff; SCROLLBAR-ARROW-COLOR: #ffffce; SCROLLBAR-TRACK-COLOR: #FFFFFF; SCROLLBAR-DARKSHADOW-COLOR: black } </style> <style type="text/css">  </style> <title>Indian CSICOP::FIRA</title> </head> <body> <script type="text/javascript"> //HV Menu- by Ger Versluis (http://www.burmees.nl/) //Submitted to Dynamic Drive (http://www.dynamicdrive.com) //Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com for this script and more function Go(){return} </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="exmplmenu_var.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="menu_com.js"></script> <noscript> Your browser does not support script</noscript> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img border="0" src="top.gif" width="850" height="150"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> Official Website of the Indian Committee for Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal Founder Convener: B. Premanand</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="125"> </td> <td width="3"></td> <td> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="100%" bgcolor="#333399" align="center"> Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="60%" valign="top"> Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations (FIRA) is an umbrella body of nearly 50 rationalist, atheist, skeptic, secularist and science organisations in India. As an apex body of rationalist organisations, it is committed to the development of scientific temper and humanism in India. The beginning There are a number of rationalist, atheist, skeptic, and secularist groups active in various states and regions of India. It was to coordinate the activities of these organizations at the national level that as part of 10th Kerala State Conference of Kerala Yukthivadi Sangham, a meeting of activists from various parts of India was convened at Trivandrum, Kerala. The meeting decided to launch a federation of all the rationalist and skeptic associations active in India. As a result, the Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations was launched on February 7, 1997 at Palakkad, Kerala. <a target="_blank" href="premanand.htm">Basava Premanand</a> of <a title="Indian CSICOP" target="_blank" href="csicop.htm"> Indian CSICOP</a>, Tamil Nadu was the founder-convener of the Federation.   A commoner walking on burning charcoal in a Miracle Busting Programme </td> <td width="40%"> <img border="0" src="firewalk.gif" width="300" height="400"></td> </tr> </table> <a title="Narendra Nayak" target="_blank" href="narendra.htm"> Prof Narendra Nayak</a> of Dakshina Kannada Rationalist Association, Karnataka is the current national president of the association. And U.Kalanathan of Kerala Yukthivadi Sangham its General Secretary. The Federation is affiliated to <a title="International Humanist and Ethical Union" target="_blank" href="http://www.iheu.org/">International Humanist and Ethical Union</a>, and supports minimum statement on Humanism (as required by IHEU bylaw 5.1 and the <a title="Amsterdam Declaration 2002" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam_Declaration_2002"> Amsterdam Declaration 2002</a>. Minimum Statement "Humanism is a democratic and ethical life stance, which affirms that human beings have the right and responsibility to give meaning and shape to their own lives. It stands for the building of a more humane society through an ethic based on human and other natural values in the spirit of reason and free inquiry through human capabilities. It is not theistic, and it does not accept supernatural views of reality. Organizations associated with FIRA <ol> <li> <a class="new" title="Akhil Bhartiya Anddashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Akhil_Bhartiya_Anddashraddha_Nirmoolan_Samiti&action=edit"> Akhil Bhartiya Anddashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti</a> </li> <li> <a class="new" title="Ananthapur Rationalist Association" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ananthapur_Rationalist_Association&action=edit"> Ananthapur Rationalist Association</a>, <a title="Ananthapur" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananthapur"> Ananthapur</a>, <a title="Andhra Pradesh" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh"> Andhra Pradesh</a> </li> <li> <a title="Atheist Center" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheist_Center"> Atheist Center</a>, <a title="Vijayawada" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijayawada"> Vijayawada</a>, <a title="Andhra Pradesh" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh"> Andhra Pradesh</a> </li> <li> <a class="new" title="AT Kovoor Memorial Trust" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AT_Kovoor_Memorial_Trust&action=edit"> AT Kovoor Memorial Trust</a>, <a title="Kozhikode" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kozhikode"> Kozhikode</a>, <a title="Kerala" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala"> Kerala</a> </li> <li> <a title="Bihar Buddhiwadi Samaj" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bihar_Buddhiwadi_Samaj"> Bihar Buddhiwadi Samaj</a>, <a title="Patna" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patna"> Patna</a>, <a title="Bihar" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bihar"> Bihar</a> </li> <li> <a title="Dakshina Kannada Rationalist Association" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakshina_Kannada_Rationalist_Association"> Dakshina Kannada Rationalist Association</a>, <a title="Mangalore" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangalore"> Mangalore</a>, <a title="Karnataka" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnataka"> Karnataka</a> </li> <li> <a title="Dravidar Kazhagam" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dravidar_Kazhagam"> Dravidar Kazhagam</a>, <a title="Tamil Nadu" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Nadu"> Tamil Nadu</a> </li> <li> <a title="Goa Science Forum" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa_Science_Forum"> Goa Science Forum</a> </li> <li> <a title="Hyderabad Rationalist Forum" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyderabad_Rationalist_Forum"> Hyderabad Rationalist Forum</a>, <a title="Hyderabad, India" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyderabad,_India"> Hyderabad</a>, <a title="Andhra Pradesh" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh"> Andhra Pradesh</a> </li> <li> <a title="Indian CSICOP" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_CSICOP"> Indian Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Paranormal</a>, <a class="new" title="Podannur" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Podannur&action=edit"> Podannur</a>, <a title="Tamil Nadu" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Nadu"> Tamil Nadu</a> </li> <li> <a title="Kerala Yukthivadi Sangham" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala_Yukthivadi_Sangham"> Kerala Yukthivadi Sangham</a>, <a title="Kerala" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala"> Kerala</a> </li> <li> <a class="new" title="Tamil Nadu Rationalist Forum" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tamil_Nadu_Rationalist_Forum&action=edit"> Tamil Nadu Rationalist Forum</a> </li> <li> <a title="Tarksheel Society" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarksheel_Society"> Tarksheel Society</a>, <a title="Punjab (India)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjab_(India)"> Punjab</a> </li> </ol> (The list is incomplete) National Conferences FIRA has so far convened five National conferences in various parts of India. They are: <ol> <li> Palakkad, Kerala: February 7, 1997 </li> <li> Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh: March 21 & 22, 1998 </li> <li> Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu: December 7, 8 & 9, 2001 </li> <li> Mangalore, Karnataka: May 10 & 11, 2003 </li> <li> Bhatinda, Punjab: April 2,3 & 4, 2004</li> </ol> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> See<ul> <li> <a target="_blank" href="narendra.htm">Narendra Nayak</a></li> <li> <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_of_Indian_Rationalist_Associations"> FIRA on Wikipedia</a></li> <li> <a href="http://rationalistprabir.bravehost.com/"> Prabir Ghosh</a></li> <li> <a href="premanand.htm"> Basava Premanand</a> </li> <li> <a href="narendra.htm"> Narendra Nayak</a></li> <li> <a title="List of prizes for evidence of the paranormal" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_prizes_for_evidence_of_the_paranormal"> List of prizes for evidence of the paranormal</a> </li> <li> <a class="external text" title="http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/yw/2003/05/31/stories/2003053100110300.htm" href="http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/yw/2003/05/31/stories/2003053100110300.htm" rel="nofollow"> Report on Fourth National Conference of FIRA in The Hindu</a> </li> <li> <a class="external text" title="http://www.iheu.org/node/1329" href="http://www.iheu.org/node/1329" rel="nofollow"> Fighting for Separation of Religion and State in India</a> : <a title="IHEU" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IHEU">IHEU</a> report on the demonstration organized by FIRA in support of Secularism on Parliament Street in New Delhi. </li> <li> <a class="external text" title="http://www.iheu.org/node/552" href="http://www.iheu.org/node/552" rel="nofollow"> Humanism in India today</a> IHEU report </li> <li> <a class="external text" title="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050512/aplus.htm" href="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050512/aplus.htm" rel="nofollow"> FIRA's Proposal</a> : A brief report in The Tribune, Chandigarh, on the demonstration organized by FIRA in support of Secularism on Parliament Street in New Delhi</li> <li> <a title="Science and Rationalists Association of India" target="_blank" href="http://humanists.net/avijit/prabir/sra.htm">Science and Rationalists Association of India</a></li> <li> <a class="external text" title="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050512/aplus.htm" href="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050512/aplus.htm" rel="nofollow">FIRA抯 proposal</a>", India Tribune, May 12, 2005.</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%">  </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="125"> </td> <td width="3"></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="125"> </td> <td width="3"></td> <td> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%">  | <a target="_blank" href="index.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: #ff0000"> Home</a> | <a target="_blank" href="csicop.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: #ff0000"> Indian CSICOP</a> | <a target="_blank" href="sitemap.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: #ff0000"> Site Map</a> |</td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>

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