New Delhi, July 10 -- On the morning of 21 June, a handful of people gathered at the city corporation swimming pool in Mangaluru, Karnataka, to view the solar eclipse that was about to take place. Organized jointly by the Aid Without Religion Trust and Dakshina Kannada Rationalist Association, the assembly, armed with protective gear to witness the phenomenon, had a point to prove- even if it had to do so while observing physical distancing norms.
"While others look upon an eclipse as a catastrophe and disaster waiting to strike, we rationalists look upon it as a natural occurrence to be viewed and enjoyed," Narendra Nayak, president of the Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations (Fira) and managing trustee of Aid Without Religion Tr...