Essense club

esSENSE Club is a club promoting atheism, science and humanism based in Kerala, India. Founded in 2016, the club emphasises propagating freethinking and rationalism among the Malayali community all over the world. esSENSE Club organises seminars, lectures and debates on most weeks of the year on topics related to atheism, science and politics.[4] The club jointly organised a debate series named Samvadam along with Times of India and Inspirit IAS Academy at Thiruvanthapuram in April 2017.[5] The annual fest of esSense named Essentia was conducted in October 2017 at Town Hall, Ernakulam.[6] k

esSENSE Club
എസ്സൻസ് ക്ലബ്
Formation01June 2016
Founded atThrissur, Kerala, India
TypeNGO
Registration no.TSR/TC/541/2016
Legal statusRegistered under The Travancore-Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act, 1955
PurposePromote Science and Humanism and work as per Article 51A(h) of constitution of India
HeadquartersKochi, Kerala, India
Location
Region
Worldwide
Membership (1 to 10)
<200
President
Aravind K [1][2]
Secretary
Mohammed Ashraf [3]
Main organ
Executive committee and Members General Body organization
Volunteers (2018)
>2500
WebsiteesSENSE Club

According to its website, "esSENSE aspires to be the premier rationalist platform in India. We bring together rationalist speakers, writers, thinkers, activists, supporters, and well-wishers, with the goal of promoting rationalism and freethinking in Kerala and in the larger global environment. Through our publications, e-magazines, seminars, online media, and other collaborative platforms, we will endeavor to develop rationalist thought, share ideas, expand our intellectual horizons, facilitate learning, and foster collaboration. We build a better tomorrow that embraces science and rationality, pursues freethinking and atheism, and elevates humanism and justice while resisting superstition, quackery, ignorance and hatred."

Apart from having units in all the districts of Kerala, esSense also has units in Bangalore, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth in Australia, United Kingdom and United States.

esSENSE Club Office bearers
  1. Aravind K, President[7][8]
  2. Rajesh G S, Vice President
  3. Mohammed Ashraf, Secretary
  4. Manoj Raveendran, Joint Secretary
  5. Prashanth Randadath, Treasurer
  6. Geordie George, Executive Member
  7. Shahana, Executive Member

[9]

esSENSE Club Past Events
  • esSENSE Times of India Debate – 4 April 2017 [10]
  • Judiciary silently implementing Uniform Civil Code: Sebastian Paul – 6 April 2017 [11]
  • Religiosity on the rise: Ravichandran [12]
  • H.Farook Fund Handed Over – 19 April 2017 [13]
  • Monetary help to the family of Murdered Atheist H Farook, Coimbatore [14]
  • esSENSE Masterminds’17 [15]
  • essentia 17 Annual Meet At Ernakulam Townhall [16][17][18]
  • esSENSE UK Formation [19]
  • esSENSE Perth Australia [20]
  • Islamist Fundamentalists Disrupt Science Show by Rationalists in Kerala[21]
  • essentia 18 Annual Meet Trivandrum - 18–19 October 2018, at VJT Hall[22]

Upcoming events
  • essentia 2019 - 2019 Sept 21 & 22 - Venue: Ernakulam Town Hall [23]

Split

esSENSE Club suffered a vertical split when an overwhelming section of the office-bearers and members questioned attempt to create a personality cult around one of the orators of esSENSE Club.

The main faction alleged that

  1. The orator is fostering a fan club around his personality,
  2. The orator has stolen the esSENSE Club Official YouTube channel, Thrissur Police has already filed an FIR on this case.[24]

See also

References
  1. https://essense.club/new-president-essense-club/
  2. President speaks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqKSfs3o7Ug
  3. Office bearers https://essense.club/about-essense/
  4. "Mission of Essense".
  5. "esSENSE- Times of India Debate Series 2017".
  6. "esSENSE UK Formation".
  7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqKSfs3o7Ug
  8. https://essense.club/new-president-essense-club/
  9. https://essense.club/about-essense/
  10. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/toi-samvada-from-today/articleshow/58016836.cms
  11. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/judiciary-silently-implementing-uniform-civil-code-sebastian-paul/articleshow/58034355.cms
  12. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/religiosity-on-the-rise-ravichandran/article22547540.ece
  13. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/aid-handed-over-to-kin-of-slain-rationalist/article18122583.ece
  14. http://thayambaka.in/news/news/2257
  15. https://www.malayalamnewspress.com/mastermind-17-quiz-show-organized-by-melbourne-essence/
  16. http://thayambaka.in/news/editorial/4798
  17. https://essense.club/essenstia17-photographs/
  18. https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNgiGAKtDJFF6y07uzfrRYUyL-5DwTFmYdKgt63Xvv5tfRxhxMPDm4Y8UZhfS_feg?key=S1BWY3dkSEN3cXZxbjhPdzJla0RheXN3eHpDV0Fn
  19. http://europe.manoramaonline.com/uk/2017/11/08/essence-britain.html
  20. https://oceania.manoramaonline.com/oceania/2017/11/28/esans-perth.html
  21. https://newsclick.in/islamist-fundamentalists-disrupt-science-show-rationalists-kerala
  22. https://www.facebook.com/EssenseErnakulam/photos/a.536442796752106/565227173873668/?type=1&theater
  23. https://www.facebook.com/essense.club/photos/a.294249224279610/874588452912348/?type=3&theater
  24. Copy of Kerala Police's FIR against Ravichandran C for channel theft.
    Kerala Police's FIR against Ravichandran C for channel theft.
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