Five member delegation of TYBM today reached South Bagma samatal para H.S. school with a bundle of miracle to be explain in front of enthusiastic teachers & students of the school who were more than forthcoming in welcoming organisation in the school today. Satyendra Paul(dulal) & ashish das both from Ganabigyan o sanskritik mancha, were the main catalyst of the program. in the last session titled 'in search of causes of sustenance of supernatural & irrational belief in the society'. organisation opined that unless benefits of science are extended to the masses of the people & scientific education system is built & patronage of these are stopped from State these beliefs are bound to reign the minds of the common mass. people science movement is to be directed towards that. 'Anwesane', the mouth piece of tybm was distributed among the teachers & students.

29th August Tripura Yuktibad Bikash Mancha members conducted a seminar aided by audio visuals on the "causes of sustenance of irrational and supernatural belief in the society "at Govt. Degree college , Dharmanagar.Enthusiastic professors and students' were present in the seminar. Organisation emphaticlly reiterated that supernatural and irrational belief is just an anachronism in this modern age of science but majority of the masses deprived of the benefit of science and state and media patronage of such retrogressive phiolosophy isthe main reason of sustenance of blind belief in the society.Organisation urged the teachers and students'to come forward for the cause and unite with science activists

on 28th august, Tripura Yuktibad Bikash Mancha conducted an anti superstition talk show at Baragol high school near kadamtala, North Tripura, in collaboration with science club of the school. local science members were also present in the interactive session.

 ত্রিপুরা স্টেট কাউন্সিল ফর সায়েন্স এন্ড টেকনোলজি কর্তৃক আগরতলা প্রেস ক্লাবে আয়োজিত ওয়েস্ট ডিসট্রিক্ট সায়েন্স কম্যুনিকেটর্স কনক্লেভে আমন্ত্রিত হয়ে ত্রিপুরা যুক্তিবাদ বিকাশ মঞ্চের সদস্যরা উপস্থিত থাকে। উক্ত অনুষ্ঠানে গোমতী সায়েন্স ফোরাম এর পক্ষ থেকে শ্রী অয়ন সাহা গোমতী জেলায় তাদের কাজের রিপোর্ট পেশ করেন। তাদের বিভিন্ন কার্যকলাপ এক সচিত্র উপস্থাপনার মাধ্যমে প্রাঞ্জল ভাবে ব্যাখা করেন। কাজের অগ্রগতির পাশাপাশি উদয়পুরে জনৈক সাধুর জলপরা নিয়ে যে জনউন্মাদনা সৃষ্টি হয়েছে তাকে নিরসন করা যে অন্যান্য বজরুকিগুলির পর্দা ফাঁস করার মত সহজ নয় তা তার বক্তব্যে উঠে আসে। সুতরাং মাঠে নেমে বিজ্ঞান আন্দোলন করার ক্ষেত্রে প্রকৃত সমস্যাগুলি সম্পর্কে প্রশ্ন থেকেই যায়। সংগঠনের একজন সদস্য অলৌকিকতা ও কুসংস্কারের সামজিক উৎস সম্পর্কে আলোচনা করেন। বক্তার বক্ত্যবে বর্তমান সমাজে ধর্মের প্রেক্ষাপটে অলৌকিকতা কি করে টিকে আছে, শাসক শ্রেণী কিভাবে উদ্দেশ্যপ্রণোদিতভাবে অলৌকিকতা ও ধর্মকে সরাসরিভাবে প্রোৎসাহিত করে টিকিয়ে রাখছে, বিজ্ঞানের সুফলগুলি থেকে কেন আজও বেশীরভাগ মানুষ বঞ্চিত রয়েছে ইত্যাদি বিভিন্ন বিষয় উঠে আসে । তিনি বলেন বিজ্ঞান আন্দোলনের কর্মীদের চেতনাগত দিক থেকে দোদুল্যমান হলে চলবে না, দৈনন্দিন বিজ্ঞানচর্চায় ব্যবহারিক ক্ষেত্রে যেসব ঘটনাগুলির সম্মুখীন আমরা হই তাকে তো দূর করতেই হবে পাশাপাশি দর্শনগত দিক থেকে কুসংস্কার সহ অলৌকিকতা টিকে থাকার আসল উৎসটিকে চিহ্নিত করে নিজেদের অবস্থান সুস্পষ্ট করতে হবে। বিজ্ঞান কর্মীদের অলৌকিকতা ও কুসংস্কারের এই উৎসগুলি সম্পর্কে সচেতন থেকে এই লড়াই চালিয়ে যেতে হবে এবং শুধুমাত্র সরকারের ভরসায় বসে না থেকে জনগণকে সংগঠিত করে তাদের সাথে নিয়ে জন আন্দোলনের মাধ্যমে এর মূলোৎপাটন করতে হবে বলে উল্লেখ করেন।অনুষ্ঠানের শেষের দিকে প্রশ্নোত্তর পর্বে দর্শকরা অংশগ্রহণ করেন। ত্রিপুরা যুক্তিবাদ বিকাশ মঞ্চের আলোচনার প্রেক্ষিতে উল্লেখযোগ্য ভাবে যে প্রশ্নগুলি দর্শকদের মাঝখান থেকে উঠে আসে তা হল- '' একদিকে বিজ্ঞানের জয়গান ও অন্যদিকে ধর্ম তথা অলৌকিকতাকে প্রমোট করা নিয়ে রাষ্ট্রের দ্বিচারিতা কেন? ",
"ত্রিপুরা রাজ্যে ট্রেড লাইসেন্সের মাধ্যমে বিভিন্ন জ্যোতিষরা যে ব্যবসা চালাচ্ছে তাদের আইনি মান্যতা কে দিচ্ছে?", "রাজ্যে রাজন্য আমল থেকে চলে আসা বলি প্রথা এখনও কেন রাষ্ট্রীয় মদতে ঘটে চলছে?" ইত্যাদি। সবশেষে ওয়েস্ট ডিসট্রিক্ট সায়েন্স ফোরাম কমিটি গঠনের মাধ্যমে সভা শেষ হয়।

Leaflet published by Tripura Yuktibad Bikash Mancha on Hiroshima - Nagasaki day

Tripura Yuktibad Bikash Mancha  on 9th august organised a street corner in front of city center, agartala. program was attended by the activists of organisation & many eminent persons. the house & surrounding passer by were enliven by 'sankhachil' the famous anti nuclear song of Hemanga Biswas sung by eminent singer Sri Gour das. A recitation of Sri Arijit Banik from a poem written by member of the organisation, given a new dimension to the street corner.
speakers from organisation exposed the sinister design of imperialism behind on going wars & conflict across the globe. they spoke, at this moribund stage of capitalism it cant survive without war. monopoly groups across the globe are fighting among themselves for source of raw material, market & strategic hegemony & using common & toiling mass as cannon fodder. they also spoke that identifying monopoly capitalism/imperialism in our own country & the state is prerequisite for attaining victory over imperialism vanish war forever.

Leaflet published & distributed by TYBM on Environment Day

Tripura Yuktibad Bikash Mancha organized a seminar on "environmental challenges green profit and we (bipanna poribesh sabuj munafa o amra)" today. eminent science and enironmen activist Biswendu Bhattacharya spoke on commercialization of natural resource like water and its evil very eloquently. member of gyan bigyan parisad kumarghat expressed displeasure unplanned afforestation driven by profit motto. Tripura Yuktibad Bikash Mancha members elaborated sinister conspiracy of monopoly capital behind hyping so called anthropogenic causes behind global warming and climate change. also mentioned role of monopoly capitalist system behind destruction of world environment and thrusting responsibility on common man and under the pretext earning super profit the name of restoration of world environment. this exceptional view was admired by the audience and energized them for mass action and awareness

On 27th February TRIPURA YUKTIBAD BIKASH MANCHA participated in a awareness program organised by PRAYASH, a social organisation at Maharanipur H.S. school, Teliamura. TYBM members performed on hand EXPLAINING MIRACLE program and discussed the root causes of society for why superstitions prevail till date in our society. program was interactive enough among the well gathering of students .

2 days workshop on earthquake, its consequences & remedial measures & role of NGOs was organised by 'North East India Mass Communication & Cultural Research'. Tripura Yuktibad Bikash Mancha' was invited as expert speakers on the field by the organizers. Members of TYBM demonstrated with a power point presentation discussing the science in a lucid manner. Organization laid emphasis on the science and research of earthquake forecasting and mitigation of the problem rather so called disaster management activities which are encouraged by govt. and non-govt. platforms now a days. TYBM rises the demand of adequate research in the said field and ensure the scope for study in geology, seismology, physical geography and earthquake related subjects in college and universities of Tripura as our state is situated in highest earthquake prone zone. After concluding the presentation a good interaction carried over with other experts,students, teachers and organizers attended the workshop.

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letter of 'Tripura yuktibad Bikash Mancha' published in a local daily. letter was regarding Radhanagar slum communal tension erupted around cow sacrifice for post funeral ceremony of Muslim deceased woman.

Play 'Ekti udvaabaner nepathye' written by Tripura Yuktibad Bikash Mancha' & performed by Ramthakur College in inter college & university drama competition organised by State council for science & technology at Icfai university on 20th January. Play was written on the accidental invention of anesthesia. The key point of the drama was that any invention of science is a part of a historical development & not a contribution of any individual. But in existing capitalist system those people decide the future of science who invest for its experiment, that's why its contradictory to the interest of the society.

Last week at Radhanagar slum communal tension erupted around cow sacrifice for post funeral ceremony of Muslim deceased woman. A team of 'Tripura Yuktibad Bikash Mancha' visited the spot & interacted with locals . Family was attacked home ransacked dinner prepared destroyed by mobs . cleric present was bitten. Later F.I.R. lodged & persons arrested. As usual Muslim & Hindu groups swung in action. Mistrust spread among neighbors all on a sudden. so called progressive & secularist educated gentry conveniently turned a blind eye. This expose the fact that state is not immune from this sort of incidents. Political parties irrespective of their declared ideology use religion to woo voters some use majority religion some minority card. why to blame only hindutwa vadis, all are birds of same feathers. why to blame only parties in electoral business when the system dont consider religion as a private matter & mix it with political system & rule.

Representative of 'Tripura Yuktibad Bikash Mancha' delivering his speech in the seminar of State Science Forum on 'corporate aggression & hyped up of Hinduism' on 16th jan at press club.
TYBM said in the lecture that religion was started from the ignorance about the natural phenomenons. But when society developed in class divided society religion becomes a weapon of ruling class to run his system. In India Hindu /Muslim all rulers converted the religion of the people. Even in the British rule missionaries did the same. today what is going on, there is nothing new. All govts are taking role in favor of this system. Point is that, is our constitution are able to fight this situation or not. Answer is no. Because our constitution is not a truly secular constitution. It has changed the meaning of secularism. According to secularism religion is a private matter & state & religion will be separate. But our constitution declared to "equal treatment of all religions by the state".

'Tripura Yuktibad Bikash Mancha' was invited at special NSS camp of Nandan nagar higher secondary school on 18th January. seminar was conducted on 'Astrology a pseudoscience'. Near about 40 members of camp were present in the program. TYBM present a PPT on the subject. Narrators narrate how in ancient time some coincidental incidents reflects to the sky observers as a effect of heavenly bodies. It was very natural, because they didnt know the cause & effect relation. With the development of astronomy astrology already condemned. But individual fortune telling served the interest of ruling class. because it moves our eyes towards the sky instead of social system. That's why in this modern age govt allowed astrology in our higher education & gives trade licence to them. It really works for them.

 State level workshop organised by Tripura State Science & Technology council in colaboration with 'TRIPURA YUKTIBAD BIKASH MANCHA' on 'HOW TO COMBAT SUPERSTITION BLIND BELIEF AND SUPERNATURAL BELIEF'. In the sessions T.Y.B.M. delivered powerpoint presentations on 'Health related superstitions', 'Snake bite management', Astrology as psudoscience', 'Possession of god & ghost' & 'Witch hunting'. program ended with a demonstration of explaining miracles.

Published in DAINIK SAMBAD. Reaction of our state level Joint Forum of science & rationalist organisations 'TRIPURA BIGYAN O YUKTIBAD PRASAAR AIKYA MANCHA' on the message of Science & Tech Minister in the souvenir of astrologers association.