Letter to BS: Complaints from an Indian atheist

Thinking anything else and writing an article on this non-subject probably shows that the writer is running short of controversy to dwell upon

This refers to “Complaints from an Indian atheist” (June 23) by Devangshu Datta. It is a delightful reading if only for the hop-step-and-jump that the article does from subject to subject. It begins with Pythagoras via Stonehengers reaches Indian atheists. I choose the atheists to discuss as I am one. The author believes that Indian atheists have a complaint. I have none. If he wants to conjure some complaint, the one he has thought of, is not worth serious debate. He says that while the Indian Constitution guarantees the right to profess any religion, it does not guarantee to profess