Don't fear the solar eclipse - Instablogs
Don't fear the solar eclipse
Kamal Kishore , Shimla: Aug 1 2008
Made Popular Aug 1 2008
India :
It is an excitement coupled with fear and superstition for many in India prior to the solar eclipse on August 1. Despite a well known scientific phenomenon behind the solar eclipse, people have not been able to do away with the superstitious beliefs...
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Desh
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Desh Aug 1 2008
Shimla, India
Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy: the mad daughter of a wise mother. -Voltaire

I think it goes so very right with the beliefs associated with solar eclipse. Sun rays doesn’t harm you, instead it’s these superstitions that have eclipsed our thinking capacity.
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Madhuri Katti parentingcanbefun-mk.. Aug 2 2008
Kolkata, India
I was shocked to see mainstream channels engaged in fanning superstitions while the eclipse was happening...Do they want us to go back to medieval ages?
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