[Resolved]  The Hindu — aspersions on astrologers

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Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu with it's supplement-The Education Plus has kept it's readers pondering over various issues,irrespective of age.Today(Monday,July 6th,2009),the same paper comes up with an article by Mr.Yandamoori Veerendranath-THINKING LOGICALLY HOLDS THE KEY.This article has a very bland introduction,portraying astrology,a practical science as illogical and superstitious.Such baseless comments about a science is invalid and shall be seriously condemned by the young scientists and practising astrologers.
Every field has it's own flaws-accepted and that is how science devolops with failures becoming the postulates of another theory.That is how one theory begets another.When a writer pens down an article,it should have content that must give it's ardent readers a food for thought and points to ponder.There is something ironical about this article.It has intriguing questions to ponder at the end,but inorder to delve into the depths of logic and stimulate the readers,Mr.Veerendranath cannot start with such a grotesque story,leaving some of it's immature readers with wrong connotations about the empirical and upcoming science.I accept the quasi-empiricism of the subject but the scientific fraternity believes that the method is archaic and yet an effective way for progress.
Top universities in the world like Stanford have departments dealing with astrology and other psychic sciences.I shall not forget that astrology has roots in our country and it is being practised since primeval times.Our culture does not advocate the principle of ruling out a science based on one's whims and fancies.
As such,there is a negative western influence on the present youth and tabloids are outrageously debating over it.
When a western country has aped our ancient methods,WHY SHOULD EDUCATED-CITIZENS OF OUR COUNTRY give a wrong notion to the audience via a LEADING NEWSPAPER?
When people read a newspaper,the general tendency is to blindly believe what is printed in a NATIONAL DAILY.A discussion on logic should not be a carrier wave of wrong notions and I personally feel that THE HINDU should not be the root-cause.The man is trying to obfuscate the gentle readers.
If an opinion from stalwarts of this field matters,then I can provide you with voluminous information, supporting the claim-ASTROLOGY is NOT ILLOGICAL.My point is different and does not lead to further discussion.An individual,like Mr.Veerendranath who is all praised for his acumen and free-spirited nature,does NOT have the right to portray astrology on the whole as illogical based on a few nincompoops near Tank Bund carrying parrots and calling themselves as astrologers.The starting of the article is being considered banal by the readers and has been fixed inappropriately leading to a whimsical mockery of astrology and people practising it.
If you say that one has the right to express what he/she feels,then i have to remind you that-One's freedom ends at the other persons' nose.It valid to a profession too.Just because he is a writer,the law hasn't conferred him the right to write stories begetting slur remarks.
I don't want our culture to become devoid of something that we have inherited from our ancestors and I shall fight for it until proper justice is given.

Finally,I want an apology from the EDITOR of THE HINDU,Mr.Veerendranath or to whomsoever it may concern in tomorrow's newspaper that it was an mistake made unknowingly,not with an intention to hurt the soul of any practising astrologer or a penchant individual trying to learn the same.I know that the needful shall be done to safegaurd science and our culture.
I belong to a family of polemics,always concerned about the country's culture,science,promoting peace.


Suggestions/Recommendations:1.Check the validity of the articles before they are published.
2.Come up with new ideas promoting science.