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Newer Points to ponder on human progress and future of homo sapiens - Homo deus  book review        Second most popular book from Israeli author and Historian Yuval noah Harari is Homo Deus and here we will see some of his newer and interesting perspectives. Like his first book this book also deals about the homo sapien's (humans) progresses up to now, as to how it started to dominate the whole world and also what would be the future coursef or them.  It is a kind of sequel to Homo sapiens, his first comprehensive work on human history. Humanity based religions           God based religions came about after agricultural revolution and yuval says after scientific revolution human centered religions started to appear. Like some of the people who are experts in study of human behavior opines yuval also says movements associated withsome sort of philosophical moorings are all humanity based religions. In the new age religions, author sa...

Is Hinduism a religion?       For the past one month I have been asked this question through mail whether Hinduism is a religion at all.. Of them many are youngsters, modern educated and with a good amount of interest in cultural matters. But the trouble is they take information from social media and political gossip.      I gave them a mocking reply with a bit of irritation that in the whole world only hindus know about their religion from the enemies and detractors of Hinduism.       We do have to think of the fact that a number of philosophers & Seers have lived and enriched our country.  There are also a good number of books available to read about their contributions to our religion and culture . These people do not take any effort to know about them. But instead they do form their opinions on hinduism from people who do not know either the history of hindu gnostic lineage or about the great sages of this great country. Is ...

          ஹோமோ டியஸ் - நாளைய வரலாறு  நூலின் சில கருத்துகள் பற்றி              இஸ்ரேலின் வரலாற்றுப் பேராசிரியர் யுவால் நோவா ஹராரியின்   இரண்டாவது புகழ் பெற்ற  ஹோமோ டியெஸ்  நூலைப் பற்றிய சில அவதானிப்புகளை நான் இந்த கட்டுரையில் கொடுத்து உள்ளேன் .          அவரது முதல் நூலான ஹோமோ சாபியன்ஸ் போல இதுவும மனித வரலாறு பற்றிய நூலாசிரியரின் அவதானிப்பு. கிட்டத்தட்ட முதல் நூலின் தொடர்ச்சி என சொல்லலாம். மனித குலத்தின் எதிர் காலத்தை பற்றி இன்றைக்கு நம்ப  முடியாத பல விஷயங்களை நூல் பேசுகிறது.  மனித வாத மதங்கள்             வேளாண் புரட்சிக்கு பின் கடவுள் வாதம் பேசும் மதங்கள் தோன்றியது  போல அறிவியல் புரட்சிக்குப் பின் மனித வாத மதங்கள் தோன்றின என யுவால் கூறுகிறார்.  வேறு சில அறிஞர்கள் சொல்வது போல யுவாலும் மார்க்சிசம் போன்ற தத்துவம் அளித்த இயக்கங்களை மனித வாதம் பேசுகின்ற மதங்கள் என்றே குறிப்பிடுகின்றார்.  பொதுவாக மதங்கள் சொல்கின்ற கடவுள் ...

Fiction based view      In his famous book "Sapiens"Yuval argues that main reason for humanity's progress is its ability to create stories. Religions, nationalisms, money based economies and joint stock corporations are all behind tbe success of humans. Humans cooperate and coexist in large numbers unlike animals which cannot live in large numbers. No doubt this is a new and creative way of interpreting reasons for human progress.Yuval says that every concept that facilitated humans to cooperate each other in big numbers are all based on fiction or stories.       Nations, money based economic models, corporate entities are really products of imaginations is agreeable to a large extent. Even in the case of religions, when it is a broadbased view, it is an acceptable point in my opinion. But to dismiss all religious doctrines as figment of someone's imagination is like stretching this  argument a little too far. But, yes,Yuval is spot on in macro analyzi...