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The Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations (FIRA) is an umbrella body of 83 (as of 2012)^[1]rationalist, atheist, skeptic, secularist and scientist organisations in India.

As an apex body of rationalist organisations, it is committed to the development of scientific temper and humanism in India, involved in promoting tolerance, critical thinking, women's rights, secularization, and freedom of expression, and fighting against the Caste system of Hinduism and its violence (especially towards Dalit population), superstition, pseudoscience, and child marriage.

• 2Affiliation to IHEU
• 5See also

History[edit]

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There are a number of rationalist, atheist, skeptic, and secularist groups active in the states and regions of India. It was to coordinate the activities of these organisations at the national level that as part of 10th Kerala State Conference of Kerala Yukthivadi Sangham, a meeting of activists from around India was convened at Trivandrum, Kerala. The meeting decided to launch a federation of all the rationalist and skeptic associations active in India. As a result, the Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations was launched on 7 February 1997 at Palakkad, Kerala.^[2]Basava Premanand of Indian CSICOP, Tamil Nadu was the founder-convener of the federation. Since its foundation, the FIRA membership has increased to 'nearly 50' organisations in 2005,^[3] to 'more than 75' in 2011^[4] to 83 in 2012.^[1]

Dr G Vijayam, Atheist Centre, Vijayawada, was elected as the patron of the association at the 8th National Conference held in Nagpur on 11 and 12 February 2012. The conference reelected Prof Narendra Nayak of Dakshina Kannada Rationalist Association, Karnataka as the national president of the association and U.Kalanathan of Kerala Yukthivadi Sangham as its general secretary.^[4]

Affiliation to IHEU[edit]

FIRA is affiliated to International Humanist and Ethical Union and supports minimum statement on Humanism (as required by IHEU bylaw 5.1^[5]) and the Amsterdam Declaration 2002.

Minimum statement[edit]

'Humanism is a democratic and ethical life stance, which affirms that human beings have the right and responsibility to give meaning and shape to their own lives. It stands for the building of a more humane society through an ethic based on human and other natural values in the spirit of reason and free inquiry through human capabilities. It is not theistic, and it does not accept supernatural views of reality.'

FIRA member organisations[edit]

National conferences[edit]

FIRA has so far convened eleven national conferences:

1. Palakkad, Kerala: February 7, 1997
2. Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh: March 21 & 22, 1998
3. Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu: December 7, 8 & 9, 2001
4. Mangalore, Karnataka: May 10 & 11, 2003
5. Bhatinda, Punjab: April 2, 3 & 4, 2004
6. Pune, Maharashtra: April 28 & 29, 2007
7. Chennai, Tamil Nadu: December 26 & 27, 2009
8. Nagpur, Maharashtra: February 11 & 12, 2012
9. Brahmapur, Odisha: December 24 & 25, 2014.
10. Trivandrum, Kerala: February 24 & 25, 2017.
11. Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh: January 5 & 6, 2018

It has been decided to hold the 12th national conference in 2019 in Mumbai.

See also[edit]

Similar organisations[edit]

• Manavatavadi Vishwa Sansthan (The International School of Humanitarian Thoughts and Practice), Rajghat, Kurukshetra, Haryana

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Rationalism and science in ancient India[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abSankar (8 March 2012). 'VIII – FIRA National Conference – V.Kumaresan'. The Modern Rationalist. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
2. ^Quack, Johannes (2012). Disenchanting India: Organized Rationalism and Criticism of Religion in India. New York City: Oxford University Press. p. 98. ISBN978-0-19-981260-8. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
3. ^Varinder Walia (12 May 2005). 'FIRA's proposal'. India Tribune. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
4. ^ ^abcd'Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations (FIRA) - 8th National Conference'. Cārvāka 4 India. 8 December 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
5. ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2006.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
6. ^'Pvt. Shyam Manav, founder of Ashbhaashraddha Nirmulan Samiti'. www.abans.org.in. Akhilbhartiya Andhashradha Nirmulan Samiti. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018. All India Superstition Nirmulan Samiti has been formed in 1982 from all over Maharashtra including Gujarat, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan etc.
7. ^Kerala Yukthivadi website
8. ^Priyanka Kakodkar (21 August 2013). 'He was not against God but fought exploitation'. The Hindu. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
9. ^Nagar, Munish (8 May 2006), 'Man With a Mission: Indian teaches science to locals to overcome superstitions', OhmyNews, retrieved 18 August 2009
10. ^Tarksheel website

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External links[edit]

• Fighting for Separation of Religion and State in India : IHEU report on the demonstration organized by FIRA in support of Secularism on Parliament Street in New Delhi.
• Humanism in India today IHEU report
• FIRA's Proposal : A brief report in 'The Tribune', Chandigarh, on the demonstration organized by FIRA in support of Secularism on Parliament Street in New Delhi
• Rationalists target yoga, spirituality, Art of Living : Report in Indian Express on the 6th National Conference of FIRA (Accessed on 2 May 2007)