Joseph Edamaruku
{{Short description|Indian activist (1934–2006)}}
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Joseph Edamaruku (7 September 1934 – 29 June 2006), popularly identified by his surname Edamaruku, was a journalist and rationalist from Kerala. He was the Delhi Bureau chief of the Malayalam magazine Keralasabdam for more than twenty years, and the founder-editor of Therali, a rationalist periodical in Malayalam.{{R|"Founder"}} He was president of the Indian Rationalist Association from 1995 to 2005.{{R|"Rationalist"}}
Edamaruku influenced a generation of freethinkers in 1970s and 1980s. His books were best-sellers in Kerala during those times. As a rationalist and an atheist, he wrote over 170 books on various subjects ranging from religion to philosophy to miracles. His autobiography, The Times that Raised the Tempest, won a Kerala Literary Academy award.{{R|"Award"}} He also translated and published in Malayalam the complete works of Abraham Kovoor. His son, Sanal Edamaruku, is an Indian rationalist and president of the Rationalist International, who is currently in exile in Finland.
Selected publications
- {{Cite book |last=Edamaruku |first=Joseph |title=Christhuvum Krishnanum Jeevichirunnilla |publisher=Indian Atheist Publishers |year=2012 |location=India |language=Malayalam |trans-title=Christ & Krishna Never Lived |asin=B07GPRVLVY}}
- {{Cite book |last=Edamaruku |first=Joseph |title=Bhagavad Gita A Critical Study: Philosophy behind Hindutva explained |publisher=Rationalist International |year=2015 |language=English |asin=B00TMIMS2E}}
- Upanishathukal: Oru Vimarsana Patanam (Upanishands: A Critical Study)
- Chuvanna Theruvukal Chuvannath Engane?
- Quran: Oru Vimarsana Patanam (Quran: A Critical Study)
- Yukthivada Rashtram (Rationalist Nation)
- Kovoorinte Sampoorna Krithikal (Complete Works of Abraham Kovoor: Translation)
- Jaina Matham
- Naveena Brahmana Matham
- Ivar Matha Nishedhikal
- India Gazetteer and Bhoomisasthra Nighandu
- Kodumkattuyarthiya Kalam
- Samsarikkunna Kuthira
Awards
- Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award, Biography and Autobiography (1999){{R|"Award"}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.therali.com/ Indian Atheist Publishers]
- [http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnews&id=15630 Obituary at www.newkerala.com]
- [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/edamaruku-dead/article3126668.ece Stauch Rationalist - The Hindu]
- Remembering Joseph Edamaruku by Sanal Edamaruku > [https://www.sanaledamaruku.com/post/2019/06/29/remembering-joseph-edamaruku]
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Category:Activists from Kerala
Category:Journalists from Kerala
Category:Indian atheism activists