Joseph Edamaruku

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Joseph Edamaruku on the cover page of his popular book Kristhuvum Krishnanum Jeevichirunnilla

Joseph Edamaruku (popularly identified by his surname Edamaruku) (7 September 1934 - 29 June 2006) was a well known journalist and a militant rationalist from Kerala. He was the Delhi Bureau chief of the Malayalam magazine Keralasabdam for more than twenty years, and the founder-editor of Therali, a rationalist periodical in Malayalam. He was president of the Indian Rationalist Association from 1995-2005.

As a rationalist and an atheist, he wrote over 170 books on various subjects ranging from religion to philosophy to miracles. His autobiography, The Times that Raised the Tempest won a Kerala Literary Academy awarded. He also translated and published in Malayalam the complete works of Dr. Abraham Kovoor. His son, Sanal Edamaruku, is a prominent Indian rationalist and president of the Rationalist International. Some of his most important works are:

Kristhuvum Krishnanum Jeevichirunnilla (Christ & Krishna Never Lived)
Upanishathukal Oru Vimarsana Patanam (Upanishands: A Critical Study)
Quran Oru Vimarsana Patanam (Quran: A Critical Study)
Bhagavad Gita Oru Vimarsana Patanam (Bhagavad Gita: A Critical Study)
Yukthivada Rashtram (Rationalist Nation)
Kovoorinte Sampoorna Krithikal (Complete Works of Abraham Kovoor: Translation)