There were similar discussions back in the day in the US no? motivated by creationists etc. against darwinism and such. I guess these kinds of things are just part and parcel of the process of maturing as a country... Now if this is a repetition of history, what I can't wait for is the fedora-tipping brand of aetheism to take hold, and the interwebs to be filled with "uhhmmm, acktuually" indian atheists.