Innaiah Narisetti

Innaiah Narisetti

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  • Name:
  • Innaiah Narisetti
  • Born:
  • October 31, 1937
  • Spouse:
  • Venigalla Komala

Innaiah Narisetti Biography

Innaiah Narisetti is a writer, journalist, translator and humanist from Pathareddipalem of Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh. He has a long-term association with the field of journalism, and has authored many columns. He is the former chairman of Indian branch of the Center for Inquiry, an NGO dedicated to science and reasoning. During his tenure as chairman, he came up with the controversial thesis that children's rights should include complete freedom from religious belief or conditioning. The book was titled - Forced into Faith. He is an atheist. He has authored and translated many other books too.

 

Innaiah Narisetti was born on 31 October 1937 in Guntur district. Patha Reddi Palem village in Chebrolu Panchayat of Tenali is his exact place. He completed his schooling from different schools and graduated in 1952 from Surya Devara Narasaiah High School in Chebrolu. He continued with his studies in Guntur, Andhra University etc. He also studied Philosophy. He then moved to Osmania University to complete MA in philosophy in 1964. He received his doctorate degree based on his thesis titled, The Philosophical Consequences of Modern Science with Special Reference to Determinism. It took 13 long years for him to finally receive approval from his senior advisor, as he was biased towards Aurobindo.

 

His professional career started as a journalist. He first worked with Prajavani, a Telugu weekly from Guntur, and worked there for 4 years. He also contributed articles to different magazines throughout 1950s. He used the pen name Sulapani for many of his articles published during yhis period. He translated Richard Dawkins's The God Delusion and many more internationally acclaimed works to Telugu. He is married to Venigalla Komala, now a retired college professor. The couple has two children. Narisetti currently lives in Maryland, USA.

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Updated: October 08, 2018

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