Dr. H. Narasimhaiah’s life stands as a rigorous call to restore scientific temper as a moral discipline essential for a plural, democratic society. His unwavering insistence on inquiry over authority, humanism over dogma, and education over indoctrination exposes the dangers of superstition, intellectual silence, and rote learning in an age saturated with information but starved of reasoning. By challenging unexamined tradition, confronting public irrationality, and redefining the role of educators, universities, and intellectuals as guardians of social sanity, he offered a blueprint for civilizational resilience. His legacy urges a second renaissance—one grounded in reasoned dissent, ethical courage, inclusive education, and ecological responsibility—reminding us that societies which fear questions ultimately forfeit their future.