esSENSE Club is a club promoting
atheism and
science
Science is a systematic endeavor that Scientific method, builds and organizes knowledge in the form of Testability, testable explanations and predictions about the universe.
Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earli ...
based in
Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...
,
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
. Founded in 2016, the club emphasises propagating
freethinking
Freethought (sometimes spelled free thought) is an epistemological viewpoint which holds that beliefs should not be formed on the basis of authority, tradition, revelation, or dogma, and that beliefs should instead be reached by other methods ...
and
rationalism
In philosophy, rationalism is the epistemological view that "regards reason as the chief source and test of knowledge" or "any view appealing to reason as a source of knowledge or justification".Lacey, A.R. (1996), ''A Dictionary of Philosophy ...
among the
Malayali
The Malayali people () (also spelt Malayalee and also known by the demonym Keralite) are a Dravidian ethnolinguistic group originating from the present-day state of Kerala in India, occupying its southwestern Malabar coast. They are predomin ...
community all over the world.
esSENSE Club Office bearers
# Aravind K, President
# Rajesh G S, Vice President
# Mohammed Ashraf, Secretary
# Manoj Raveendran, Joint Secretary
# Prashanth Randadath, Treasurer
# Geordie George, Executive Member
# Shahana, Executive Member
esSENSE Club Past Events
* esSENSE Times of India Debate – 4 April 2017
* Judiciary silently implementing Uniform Civil Code: Sebastian Paul; moderator Ravichandran C– 6 April 2017
* Religiosity on the rise: Ravichandran C
* H.Farook Fund Handed Over – 19 April 2017
* Monetary help to the family of Murdered Atheist H Farook, Coimbatore
* esSENSE Masterminds’17
* essentia 17 Annual Meet at Ernakulam Townhall
* esSENSE UK Formation
* esSENSE Perth Australia
See also
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Kerala Yukthivadi Sangham
Kerala Yukthivadi Sangham (KYS, ) is a rationalist organization based in Kerala, India. The organization says it stands for rationalism and humanism. It is the initiator of the umbrella organization for rationalism and humanism, Federation of ...
*
Maharashtra Rationalist Association
Maharashtra Rationalist Association was an organisation dedicated to spreading rationalism and humanism in Maharashtra, India, and was an integral part of the rationalist movement in Maharashtra. The organisation is succeeded by Mumbai Rationali ...
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Sanal Edamaruku
Sanal Edamaruku (born 26 May 1955) is an Indian author and rationalist. He is the founder-president and editor of ''Rationalist International'', the president of the Indian Rationalist Association and the author of 25 books and other articles. ...
References
External links
* {{official website, www.essense.club/
Rationalist groups based in India