“Dawkins’ Provocative Ignorance”, India Facts, June 6, 2023:

“First things first. The theory of evolution, along with genetics and cell theory, constitutes the bedrock upon which the worldview and research of biology rest. Moreover, the theory of evolution lends an easy opportunity to understand the power of evidence-based reasoning in unravelling the mysteries of nature.

Denying high schoolers this opportunity would be a grave undoing. This point is beyond dispute. Richard Dawkins, the well-known science writer and biologist, has hastily concluded that the subject of evolution was dropped from school syllabus in India because of its supposed incompatibility with Hinduism.

He wrote in a tweet, “Modi’s BJP is a tragic affront to India’s secular beginnings. Hinduism is at least as ridiculous as Islam. Between them, these two idiotic religions have betrayed the ideals of Nehru and Gandhi……”

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