
To call on them to give up their illusions about their condition is to call on them to give up a condition that requires illusions. The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is the demand for their real happiness. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. Religious suffering is, at one and the same time, the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering. This state and this society produce religion, which is an inverted consciousness of the world, because they are an inverted world.

Man is the world of man – state, society. But man is no abstract being squatting outside the world. Religion is, indeed, the self-consciousness and self-esteem of man who has either not yet won through to himself, or has already lost himself again.

Also Read | Dam Bill introduced amid protests in Rajya Sabhaįor a long time, Tamil parties and the state government had been opposing the Bill on several grounds, alleging that the Bill contains clauses which violate the rights of the state, especially with respect to the dams constructed by it in the neighbouring state, and would cause various problems in their maintenance and operation.Ĭhallenging the claims that the Bill aimed to address all issues concerning dam safety, including regular inspection of dams, emergency action plan, comprehensive dam safety review, adequate repair and maintenance funds for dam safety and the instrumentation and safety manuals, a unanimous resolution passed in the Tamil Nadu assembly in June 2018 said the Centre should not pass the Bill without consulting states, and without arriving at a consensus.īesides DMK, party allies including VCK, CPI and the AMMK leader T T V Dhinakaran also condemned the move and accused the Centre for its majoritarian approach ignoring the views and interests of states.“The foundation of irreligious criticism is: Man makes religion, religion does not make man.
