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Science has impacted the world since 500 years
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and the religion's history is about 5000 years old
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Our constitution mandates that it is the duty of every citizen to promote scientific temperament .
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there is a reason behind everything
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it is not given by destiny or god
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it was said in our country that
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you are from backward caste or you are a woman hence you can understand nothing and you don't deserve education
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we don't know the reasons for everything
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like we don't know the cause for cancer but the scientific thought always patiently keeps the search for truth alive. our focus is not on the ultimate truth but on continuous search for truth
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this is our ancestral house
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my father in law came to live here about 90 years ago
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i have opened a chemist shop under the house where i do my practice
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i was from Karnataka
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i was happy and never thought of marriage
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i just wanted to work
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then my mother's friend mentioned her younger brother-in-law
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the same hall where we are currently was where I and Doctor met and talked
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what would this amazing man have asked me first?
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"do you know how to do ciserean operation?"
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I was shocked and couldn't understand if i was here for talking about marriage or for a job interview
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He explained that after marriage, he will be occupied with the movement and she will have to be the sole breadwinner
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Nobody asked me what I wanted
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I immediately told my mom that god hasn't yet made a wife for him and i dont't want to marry him
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our marriage remained broken till a year
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I was looking for an ideal man
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but i found nobody.
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forgive me, i did not listen. could you please repeat?
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The thing is, for doctor
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one year had passed and doctor hadn't yet married as well so our marriage got registered
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and we came to live here
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first 17 years of the superstition eradication association are important
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during the course of which Doctor got to know himself, and started struggles to end casteism and to establish equal access to resources
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an organization was fighting against superstition in Nagpur then
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then Doctor wrote a book.
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i got divine powers after penance
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hence i have taken a trident
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this thread can
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go into anyone's tongue because the thread doesn't go into anyone's tongue the tongue goes into the thread
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a golden chain
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Dalit woman killed on being accused of looking like a witch
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cancer is a divine curse, says Assam health minister
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after this doctor started programmes for children
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he adopted simple language
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and searched every nook and corner of Maharashtra
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those who joined his movement belonged to diverse castes, religions and classes
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the doctor was happy inside that
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people were attracted by his movement and the movement carried forward
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dabholkar had started to worked on anti-black magic law
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but the fruits of 18 years of continuous struggle were sown only after his death
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we believe this is unfortunate.
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what superstition?
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who are they to decide what is superstition?
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what are these murders?
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people must have gotten angry
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you can't just hurt people's sentiments and expect them to not retaliate
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find me one person who
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is religious
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and does good behaviour out of fear or love of god
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i am ready to embrace such a person.
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we fully support such things
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but our belief is that such ethical behaviour is guided by conscience and wisdom, not religion
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then he got martyred
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i couldn't figure anything out for hours
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people had gathered outside to meet but i had closed the door and lay in a state of unconsciousness
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doctor was our hero - for me and for our children
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as one, we had pledged to awaken the conscience and reasoning of people
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i gave this call with everyone
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i know not whether i did it consciously, but i did.
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i remember nothing but after saying so i was filled with courage.
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i did not forget pain but i was in a state of denial.
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doctor used to go on a tour and come back
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my heart said this is untrue.
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dr narendra dabholkar
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will come back home and tell everyone
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that all this is a lie and
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the society is good and i am alive
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this era of denial helped me join the movement.
