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Indian Animals

K.R.RAVI — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:26:22 +0000

Of Politicians, Goats and Monkeys. This is a phenomenon that I have seen frequently in Tamil families but here I wish to see this in a lighter vein. It happened that my friend Srinivasan, my colleague who was then 37 and a bachelor, came to...

Bolivia's Witch Markets Offer Llama Fetuses and More

Victor — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:57:14 +0000

At first sight, Calle de las Brujas doesn’t look so witchy — there are no steaming cauldrons or pointy hats. It’s just a one-lane, cobblestone colonial street. Tourists amble up and down the road, buying woven bags, hammocks and...

Do Indians Respect Science?

K.R.RAVI — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:26:47 +0000

DOES INDIA RESPECT ITS SCIENTISTS ? At a party the other night the discussion came around to vegetarianism. Someone said that non vegetarians tend to be more violent than vegetarians. This sparked an intense debate. At one point I said that...

First Marriage Of Frogs, Now Naked Girls Ploughing Fields

Veena — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:46:38 +0000

Everyone knows that monsoon has failed, very badly in some regions that these are declared drought hit areas by the Government especially in UP till date it is 47 districts. Obviously in our agriculturally predominant country where still the...

Helpless, Mentally Retarded Kids buried live in Mud

Veena — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:30:14 +0000

They are doomed, first they were born mentally challenged and secondly they were born in those families who are suffering from mental deprivation,that is lacking rational thinking,and are superstitious to the hilt. Come 22nd July, the day of...

Witch Hunt-In this Age-Unfortunately YES

Veena — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:02:02 +0000

Phatu Devi,45, a tribal woman from Dhatkidih,Jharkand had gone to meet her married daughter Anita, Unfortunately an hour later Anita’s sis-in-law’s 11 month old son who was already sick from some chronic disease died. Her daughter...

Why media is promoting superstitions and ghost stories?

ARVIND K.PANDEY — Sun, 03 May 2009 23:52:02 +0000

Well, media in our times is primarily money oriented. It needs money to conduct its business. Money in our times comes easily via sex related stories or via “bhoot- pret” (ghost) stories. So every other magazine is either conducting...

Brides - Two Minor Girls, Grooms - Two Frogs!

Veena — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:36:14 +0000

It happens only in India. Two minor girls aged 7 were married to two frogs from the village pond during the Harvest Festival - Pongal in a remote village in Tamil Nadu. It is an annual feature because of the superstition that in doing so...

Ritual Murders: Superstition at its Highest

John — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:57:03 +0000

Ritual murders have gripped our city since a story appeared in the vernacular news daily about a tycoon sacrificing a child for every storey of the building he constructs. Ritual murders, from Wikipedia, “Human sacrifice is the act of...

Global Report - 19-September -2008

Ground Report — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:01:55 +0000

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