Dr B. N. Singh, a highly educated, well-read and successful engineer, had a humble upbringing in a small village in Bihar. He rose to become one of the most respected professionals in his field despite many hardships primarily due to his grit and determination and conviction of thought.
In his book, Dr Singh highlights the plight of the poor man living in India whose life is like that of a puppet in the hands of the master puppeteer- the politician.
The author lashes out at all those people who use religion and caste to manipulate others. Corrupt practices and religious fanaticism stand-out as the two causes of India's inability to achieve the goals envisioned for her by our national leaders since independence. Good leadership at the helm is brought out as being 'the need of the hour' to facilitate development across all aspects of 'life in India'.
A self-proclaimed atheist, Dr Singh meticulously traces the origins of various religions over the centuries. He very tactfully brings out the strengths and weaknesses of various religions while promulgating the philosophy of 'equal respect for all religions while believing and practicing one religion'.
The man who led Vizag Steel to unprecedented progress and a person with utmost regard for scientific thought and action, Dr Singh lists out the various areas of concern and offers step-by-step solutions with the hope that India will soon regain the stature it once had during the time of Emperor Ashoka whilst keeping thismulticultural, multi-caste, multi-language and multireligion country united.
Religion is based on the concepts presented by the ancient thinkers and the texts are considered gospel by the followers of different religions. No one dares to challenge them. In ancient times, as scientific knowledge had not developed, the propounded concepts appealed to the masses.
The developments in science over the last 2,500 years and particularly during the last 500 years have helped man understand our universe and the evolution of life on the earth better. Technology, a product of scientific thinking, has empowered man to decide his own destiny: he can make aeroplanes, satellites or develop nuclear power, etc., on the one hand to make life more comfortable and create an atom bomb to destroy humanity, on the other. No development of science or technology discriminates human beings on the basis of caste, creed or religion.
Unfortunately, scientific and religious thoughts have grown independently like two parallel lines that never meet. Scientists kept improving their understanding of the universe with the additional knowledge they acquired. On the other hand, ancient religious thinking remained as conveyed in the scriptures and no one attempted to challenge these thoughts. As a result, in the light of better understanding of the universal phenomena, some of the concepts presented in different religions appear now to be mere dogmas, superstitions and myths.
Like science, which kept on improving its understanding of the universe, religions also need urgent reforms to remove these dogmas, superstitions and myths.
As different religions having different rituals and even differ on the concept of God, I conclude that religions divide the society as against science uniting the same. Religious fanaticism is now a major threat to the whole world. Corruption has spread like white ants in India and it is pervading all across the society. Poverty is a curse for Indian masses. Adoption of technological developments backed by the implementation of the policy of inclusive growth only can remove poverty, corruption and religious fanaticism from the society.
This book therefore suggests a model for the development of the state and prosperity of its people solely based on extensive use of latest technologies in all spheres of activities and to limit religion only to individual's personal level without interfering with the society and the politics.
It is my sincere hope that this book mostly meets this expectation.
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