Superstitions have been integral part of our lives for long. At some point or the other, in some form or the other we have acted like its’ disciplined disciples, Be it: The Pauses we undertook after a cat crosses our way; Eating Sweet and Curd before leaving for some momentous event; Refraining from cutting Nails and Hairs on Thursday; Avoiding Non-Veg. on Tuesdays; Not Buying steel/metal on Saturdays and many more like these.

Although people strongly believe in Religion and God but they haven’t been able to comprehend the true significance of these terms. This in particular could be attributed to the older generations who have been hierarchically inheriting these beliefs along with their genes, generations after generations. In stark contrast to the above, is the perspective of the current generation of Youth towards these beliefs. Though during their childhood, they too were forced to accept those trends but now they are bold enough to question their origin. But the gloomy part is that even today, when the technological advances have undertaken a giant leap forward, people can’t give away their habit of clinging to these superstitions.

There are people or I must say highly acclaimed “Babas” across the nation, who through their actions and say are promoting this logic-less behavior and have already been successful in developing a large empire of superstitious people who have forgotten to believe in themselves.

“Pouring a liter of oil in some temple on a particular day would not wash away your entire sins. Rather, It’s only the service of mankind that would attain you salvation.”

Obviously, the believing and following of superstitions is certainly not justified because irrespective of advances in any field, our stance in any situation should be driven by pure logic along with the past experiences, rather than being influenced by some superstitious belief. But it’s a quite difficult task to convince the people that superstitions are not the reason for their success and happiness but they are just the propeller of their ignorance. Rather, it’s their Hard-Work, Determination and their resilience that would bring laurels in their life. Despite such ‘Never-To-Shun-Superstitions’ attitude of many, there are ample efforts being made in the form of Movies, Daily Soaps, Publications across the nation to make the people aware of the realities of their lives. Sooner the people realize the truth, sooner the happiness, joy and prosperity are going to follow.

 

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