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Transformers Wiki defines transformers thus: The Transformers are a species of sentient, living robotic beings (mostly) originating from the distant machine world of Cybertron. The stories of their lives, their histories, and most especially their wars have been chronicled across many different continuities in the vast multiverse. The designation "Transformer" stems from the species' generally-shared ability to transform, to change their bodies at will, rearranging their component parts from a robotic primary mode (usually, but not always, humanoid) into an alternate form; generally vehicles, weapons, machinery, or animals. In some continuities this ability to transform is innate to all members of the species, in others it was a wartime innovation that was adopted by most, but not all, of the populace. Hollywood came out with the movie ‘Transformer’ in the year 3007.  The movie was a smash hit among especially among the kids. Due to the success of this m...

Secularism/Sickularism George Holyoake coined the term secularism in an 1896 publication (Holyoake, George J. (1896). English Secularism. Chicago: The Open Court Publishing Company) where he defines secularism as: Secularism is a code of duty pertaining to this life, founded on considerations purely human, and intended mainly for those who find theology indefinite or inadequate, unreliable or unbelievable. Its essential principles are three:  (1) The improvement of this life by material means. (2) That science is the available Providence of man. (3) That it is good to do good. Whether there be other good or not, the good of the present life is good, and it is good to seek that good. With the Modi vs Nitish show down the question of secularism again has raised its ugly head. To begin with let us try to understand secularism in the Indian context as it does not in any way pertains to its original definition cited above. What does that mean to a com...