Is there God? Yes. The people from Science would definitely raise an eyebrow, but even they know there's God. In their terms, they call it Nature. God or Nature, whatever we call it, refers to the supernatural power that rules the world. Whenever Science fails to account for something, we call in this supernatural power, and that's basically what the layman calls as God.

It is the power that ignites life in living things, and is responsible for creation of universe. Even the laws of physics obeys the rules of Nature. So there is definitely some supernatural power that is responsible for the existence of life on our planet.

I believe his consciousness was definitely ahead of his teams. At that time in India, women were considered illegible for education, but he supported the fact. Behind every successful man, there is a woman, and until the woman is educated, one can expect the society to flourish completely. During his time, caste system was prevalent and the concept of untouchability at its peak. It was he who protested against it. Even soul is potentially divine, he said. He believed in unity. And all these were definitely pretty much ahead of his times.