  We analyze a set of volume limited sample of galaxies from the SDSS to study
the issue of cosmic homogeneity. We use a Renyi entropy based measure to probe
the inhomogeneties present in the galaxy distribution and find that the
inhomogeneities are suppressed in galaxy samples of smaller size due to the
overlapping bias. This leads to an apparent homogeneity in such galaxy samples.
We can rely on the transition to homogeneity if detected in a galaxy sample,
only when such a transition occurs below the length scale at which the
homogeneity is forced by the overlapping bias. Considering a galaxy sample of
significantly larger volume, we find that the galaxy distribution in the SDSS
becomes homogeneous on a length scale beyond $120 \, h^{-1}\, {\rm Mpc}$.
