Updated On: 01 November, 2022 07:07 AM IST | Mumbai | The Editorial
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Narendra Dabholkar. File pic
Rationalism must reign and blind beliefs must be banished. This was the message behind an art exhibition at Nariman Point. The exhibition, titled ‘We are on Trial’, aims to immortalise the legacy of Dr Narendra Dabholkar (November 1, 1945 - August 20, 2013) Indian physician, social activist, rationalist and author.
Dabholkar, who had founded the Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti (MANS) or the Committee for Eradication of Blind Faith, was shot dead while on a walk in Pune. The pending Anti-Superstition and Black Magic Ordinance was promulgated in Maharashtra four days later. In 2014, he was posthumously awarded the Padma Shri for social work.