BIO-DATA INNAIAH NARISETTI DATE OF BIRTH : October 31, 1937 PLACE OF BIRTH : PATHA REDDYPALEM, Chebrolu, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India. ACADEMIC : M.A., (Philosophy), Osmania University, Ph.D., (Philosophical Consequences of Modern Science), Osmania University. PRESENTLY AUTHOR & FREELANCE JOURNALIST from 1982 POSITIONS : " CO- EDITOR "Prasarita" - A Telugu Quarterly in Social Sciences 1972-75. CHIEF REPORTER & SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT - to Andhra Jyothi, Telugu Daily 1975-81. PRESIDENT - A.P. Chapter of Indian Academy of Social Sciences, Hyderabad 1988-90. PRESIDENT - A.P. Rationalist Association, 1991-93. SECRETARY - Indian Radical Humanist Association, Andhra Pradesh, 1992-94. GENERAL SECRETARY - Indian Rationalist Association, 1994-96. VICE PRESIDENT - Rationalist Association of India from 1996. CO-ORDINATOR - FARA, AP - Federation of Atheist, Rationalist, Humanist Associations, A.P. 2003-2005. GENERAL SECRETARY - Indian Radical Humanist Association, 2005-2007. CHAIRMAN : Center for Inquiry- India, 2006 onwards. 1
B O O K S I N E N G L I S H NEW ENCYCLOPEDIA OF UNBELIEF (2008) (article on unbelief in India). LET SANITY PREVAIL, India, 2007. FORCED INTO FAITH : HOW RELIGION ABUSED RIGHTS OF CHILDREN, Prometheus Books, USA, 2009. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF UNBELIEF (Six Articles) Prometheus Books, USA, 2007. M.N. ROY - RADICAL HUMANIST, Prometheus Books, USA, 2005. M.N.ROY- PHOTO ALBUM, Rationalist Voice Publications, 2003. A CENTURY OF POLITICS IN ANDHRA PRADESH, Rationalist Voice Publication!, Hyderabad, 2002. M.N. ROY, EVELYN, ELLEN: A BIBLIOGRAPHY, Booklinks Corporation, 1996. EVELYN TRENT ALIAS SHANTI DEVI Booklinks Corporation Hyderabad 1995. BETWEEN CHARISMA AND CORRUPTION - A.P. Politics, 1991. SAFFRON STAR OVER ANDHRA PRADESH - A Study of Contemporary Andhra Politics, Booklinks Corporation, Hyderabad, 1984. THE PHILOSOPHICAL CONSEQUENCES OF MODERN SCIENCE Booklinks Corporation, Hyderabad, 1982. THE BIRTH & DEATH OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN INDIA Booklinks Corporation, Hyderabad, 1982. POLITICS FOR POWER - A Study of Contemporary Andhra Pradesh Politics, Scientific Services, Hyderabad, 1982. STATE GOVERNMENT & POLITICS - A study of A.P. Politics 1885-1985, Scientific Services, Hyderabad. INSIDE ANDHRA PRADESH - Booklinks Corporation Hyderabad, 1980. DEPRESSED GROUP STUDENTS - (Co-author Dr. C. Lakshmanna), College Book House, Trivendrum, 1977. 11
TRADITION & MODERNITY IN TELUGU & URDU LITERATURE. (Co-Editor Dr. Alam Khundmiri), 1969. 11
BOOKS IN TELUGU UNDER THE DISGUISE OF TRUTH, EVERYTHING IS FRAUD 2008. LIE HUNTING LEADING TO TRUTH : Collection of Essays, 2005. LIFE OF M.N. ROY, 2001 (Serialised in Vaartha - Telugu Daily) SAHITI PARULATO SARASAALU (Encounter with Literary and Journalist Friends 2008) CHILD ABUSE BY RELIGIONS, 2001. FRAUDULENT ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES, 1998. LIE-HUNTING, A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS, 1995. MONOGRAPH ON TERRORISTS, 1995. 20TH CENTURY ENEMIES OF HUMANITY, 1992. WILL THERE BE RENAISSANCE IN INDIA? 1989. LIFE AND THOUGHTS OF NARLA VENKATESWARA RAO, 1987. CASTE POLITICS IN ANDHRA PRADESH, 1984. OUR POLITICS - FROM KHADI TO SAFFRON, 1983. ANDHRA PRADESH : GOVERNMENT & POLITICS, 1983 &1991. NO MATTER WHICH POLITICAL PARTY, THEIR CULTURE IS ONE, 1982. MARX AND MARXISM, 1976. HOW THE COMMUNISTS ECLIPSED KARL MARX, 1976. FROM RAMMOHAN ROY TO M.N. ROY, 1973. SOCIAL GROUPINGS & RELATIONSHIPS, 1972. PHILOSOPHY & COMMON SENSE, 1971. GROUPISM & SPLITS IN ANDHRA PRADESH POLITICS, 1970. EVOLUTION OF POLITICS IN ANDHRA PRADESH, 1970. INDEPENDENCE STRUGGLE IN ANDHRA PRADESH (Co-author Prof. M.Venkatarangaiah) 1972. POLITICAL PARTIES IN ANDHRA PRADESH. V
100 YEARS RASHTRA RAJAKEEYA CHARITRA NENU KALISINA MUKHYAMANTRULU, MANAVAVADULU MISIMI VYASALU 2012 RADICAL HUMANIST MOVEMENT IN ANDHRAPRADESH TRANSLATIONS FROM ENGLISH TO TELUGU GOD DELUSION - Richard Dawkins. GOD IS NOT GREAT - Christopher Hitcherre. LETTER TO CHRISTIAN NATION - Sam Harris. BLASPHEMY - Justice Raghavendra Jahagirdar - R.V. Publications SECULARISM - Justice Raghavendra Jahangirdar - R.V. Publications AFFIRMATIONS - Paul Kurtz - CFI India. LIVING WITHOUT RELIGION - Paul Kurtz (RV Publications) THE TRUTH ABOUT THE GEETA - V.R. Narla (Hema Publications) WHY I AM NOT A MUSLIM - Ibn Warraq (Hema Publications) INDIA IN TRANSITION - M.N. Roy (Indian Council of Historical Research) ARTICLES - A.B. Shah (Anupama, Vijayawada) KALA POORNODAYAM - G.V. Krishna Rap (Serialised in Golkonda Patrika) Telugu Daily - 1963) Ph.D. Thesis on Aesthetics. THE COURAGE TO BECOME - HUMANIST VIRTUES - Paul Kurtz (Hema Publications) OCHRE ROBE - Agehananda Bharati. IN FREEDOM'S QUEST - M.N. Roy's Life Part 1, 2- Sibnarayan Ray (Telugu University). V1
HAMD DALWAI - Muslim Politics LAXMAN SASTRI JOSHI - Critique of Hinduism TELUGU ACADEMY PUBLICATIONS PARTIES. POWER & POLITICS - M.N. Roy. RUSSIAN REVOLUTION - M.N. Roy. REVOLUTION & COUNTER REVOLUTION IN CHINA - M.N. Roy. REASON, ROMANTICISM & REVOLUTION - M.N. Roy. M.N. ROY, A POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY - V.B. Karnik STRIKES IN INDIA - V.B. Karnik. INDIAN TRADE UNIONS - V.B. Karnik. ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY - Dr. Alam Khundmiri SCIENTIFIC METHOD - A.B. Shah. GREAT TRADITION AND LITTLE TRADITIONS - Agehananda Bharathi. RURAL SOCIOLOGY IN INDIA - A.R. Desai. JUSTICE JAGANMOHAN REDDY'S BOOKS MINORITIES & THE CONSTITUTION A CONSTITUTION - WHAT IT IS & WHAT IT MEANS WE HAVE A REPUBLIC - CAN WE KEEP 1T? OUR GOVERNORS; LAW AND SOCIETY THE UNIVERSITY I SERVED. V1
CONTRIBUTIONS IN MAGAZINES ENGLISH American Atheist, Free Inquiry, Washline, American Rationalist, Indian Rationalist, Radical Humanist, Secularist, Rationalist Voice, Indian Skeptic. TELUGU DAILIES Andhra Patrika, Andhra Prabha, Andhra Jyothi, Golconda Patrika, Eenadu, Udayam, Vaartha,Surya TELUGU PERIODICALS Prajavani, Vahini, Telugu Vidyarthi, Prajatantra, Sameeksha, Radical Humanist, Vikasam, Hetuvadi, Suprabhatam, Prasarita, Manava Vikasam, Swetchalochana, Misimi, New Humanist CONTRIBUTIONS THROUGH ELECTRONIC MEDIA Produced Documentaries and moderated discussions on Humanist-Rationalist themes through All India Radio, Doordarshan, TV9, ETV-2, Free Radio, TV-USA, TVS. AWARDS & HONOURS ATA Siromani Award (USA) 1992. TANA Humanist-Journalist Award (USA) 1997 Greater Washington Telugu Association, 1999 Delaware Valley Association, 1998 New York Telugu Association 1998 Alayasri Award, Karimnagar Library of Congress, USA Listed 25 Books of Innaiah. Participation in Humanist and Rationalist Activities In USA, Europe 1992-2008 Officiated Secular Marriages V.R. Narla dedicated his last Telugu play Narakam Lo Harischandra (Harischandra in Hell). V1
KOMALA VENIGALLA (Wife) FAMILY Retired from Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad, India as Professor of English. TRANSLATED INTO TELUGU SHODH of Taslima Nasrin Ayaan Hirshi Ali's CAGED VIRGIN AND INFIDEL, NOMAD, Wild Swans M.N.Roy's MEMORIES OF CAT Contributed Articles to Magazines, toured USA. NAVEENA HEMANTH (Daughter) MD, Child Psychiatrist, Practicing in USA FEELINGS (Poems) RAJU NARISETTI : Managing Editor, Wallstreet Journal, (Son) Washington DC. Worked in Dayton vii