Joseph Edamaruku
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- For the place, see EdamarukEdamarukEdamaruk is a place in Udumbannoor Panchayath in Thodupuzha Taluk of Idukki District, Kerala, India. The place became famous due to Joseph Edamaruku, who is the founder-president of Rationalist International....
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Joseph Edamaruku (7 September 1934 – 29 June 2006), popularly identified by his surname Edamaruku, was a well known journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and rationalist from Kerala. He was the Delhi Bureau chief of the Malayalam magazine Keralasabdam for more than twenty years, and the founder-editor of Therali, a rationalist periodical in Malayalam. He was president of the Indian Rationalist Association from 1995 to 2005.
As a rationalist and an atheist, he wrote over 170 books on various subjects ranging from religion to philosophy to miracles. His autobiography, The Times that Raised the Tempest won a Kerala Literary Academy award. He also translated and published in Malayalam the complete works of Dr. Abraham Kovoor
Abraham Kovoor
Abraham Thomas Kovoor was an Indian professor and rationalist who gained prominence after retirement for his campaign to expose as frauds various Indian and Sri Lankan "god-men" and so-called paranormal phenomena...
. His son, Sanal Edamaruku
Sanal Edamaruku
Sanal Joseph Edamaruku is the founder-president of Rationalist International. He is also the president of the Indian Rationalist Association. He is the editor of the internet publication Rationalist International, author of 25 books and numerous articles....
, is a prominent Indian rationalist and president of the Rationalist International. Some of his most important works are:
- Kristhuvum Krishnanum Jeevichirunnilla (Christ & Krishna Never Lived)
- Upanishathukal Oru Vimarsana Patanam (Upanishands: A Critical Study)
- Quran Oru Vimarsana Patanam (Quran: A Critical Study)
- Bhagavad Gita Oru Vimarsana Patanam (Bhagavad Gita: A Critical Study)
- Yukthivada Rashtram (Rationalist Nation)
- Kovoorinte Sampoorna Krithikal (Complete Works of Abraham Kovoor: Translation)