transcript. India’s Deadly Superstition Even as India modernizes, witchcraft accusations are common, leading to the murders of more than 2,000 people, mostly women, in the last 15 years.

In India, superstition haunts a village. The other time was in 1980, villagers say, when five to 10 people were bitten by snakes in short order.

Earlier this year, unknown attackers gunned down another anti-superstition crusader, Indian writer and communist politician Govind Pansare, as he and his wife were taking a walk in western ...

India’s Annual Exorcism Fair Caters to Superstition. By Chandni Singh . Feb. 23, 2003 12 AM PT . Share via ... India — Farm laborer Jeevan dragged his kicking and screaming wife by her hair ...

Superstitions have been deeply embedded in Indian society for centuries, influencing traditions, shaping behaviors, and even guiding everyday decisions. From avoiding black cats to not sweeping at ...

Despite 1957 national science policy, which among others, intended to provide for growth of scientific temper, the development of the same has not been achieved. Surprisingly, even our scientists have ...

India being the nucleus of varied culture and traditions is also home to innumerable superstitions. From the moment we are born to the time when we die, superstitions tag along us like shadows.

Unregulated superstition; Extreme homophobia. Superstition in India is often innocuous. Different cultures have attributed different meanings to breaking a mirror, an owl sighting, or a crow’s ...

In India, superstitions and myths have fueled a rampant illegal trade in the red sand boa, a docile, nonvenomous snake, reports Shatabdi Chakrabarti in a video for Mongabay India.