The latest on Sanal Edamaruku

Sanal Edamaruku has fled India and the hounds of the Catholic church. He’s somewhere in Europe.

The church has said they will drop the complaint if Edamaruku apologizes — apologizes for exposing a weeping magic statue as the product of a mundane leaky pipe.

Edamaruku says, “NO.”

Edamaruku says, “NO.”

I marvel at that — the courage of just saying no, of refusing to bow before religious authorities. My admiration is unbounded.

Edamaruku says, “NO.”

What a beautiful word.