Ignorance is such a chronic disease that it corrodes an entire nation and gnaws away at our existence. Ignorance is the deprivation of knowledge; it is the inability to define proper goals in accordance Ignorance is such a chronic disease that it corrodes an entire nation and gnaws away at our existence. Ignorance is the deprivation of knowledge; it is the inability to define proper goals in accordance with the acquired knowledge; it is a life deprived of Truth and righteous thinking. ... Can religion be an instrument for social change or is it an opium for masses? How can animals see in pitch dark? From predicament of ignorance to premarital counseling, from John Stuart Mill’s “On Liberty” to Marx’s materialist philosophy, The Fountain offers food for thought across diverse fields. The Fountain – On Life, Knowledge, and Belief