Understanding Social Science

Basically this is an essay penned by Bhagat Singh while he was in Lahore Central Jail in 1930, to a friend who accused him to have turned atheist due to his vanity.  To which he replied that-  His dad was indulged into religious practices although liberal at the same time and his grandfather was an Arya Samajist and and Arya Samajist could be anything but an atheist. Due to influence of his family, he was a believer in his childhood. He used to chant Gayatri Mantra in school while reciting the morning prayer. As soon as he got into National College in Lahore, he started looking at himself as a rational and was inclined towards Marxist Socialism and this was the point where he started questioning the existence of omnipotent and omnipresent. He counter questioned his friend by asking "Haan maan hai mainu apne vicharan te sidhantan te, par ess layi main nastik kiven?" (Yes, I take pride in my principles but how is that associated with me turing into an atheist). He accepted the ...