Talk:Superstition in India

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Nomination for review

The fact that this and "Superstition in Pakistan" are the only articles with this sort of "Superstition in X Country" leads me to wonder why it is that the authors feel the need to single out India. There are certainly countries in Africa and elsewhere in Asia in which superstition (the use of which word is already highly charged with POV, but I think it can be allowed in some cases) is a matter of major public concern. Superstition is also pretty prevalent in the West. There are also issues with straightforward religious practices like animal sacrifices being labelled as "superstition"---if this is the case, every other ceremonial practice of every other religion needs to be labelled superstition on every other article on Wikipedia. The article also has many instances were it reads more like an essay than an encyclopedia article, like the completely out of place quote from Francis Bacon. Kevin Corbett (talk) 07:33, 15 May 2015 (UTC

@Kevin Corbett: You are absolutely correct. The other countries should also have a "Superstition in X" page. Superstition is a serious issue in developing nations, unlike in the west. People in such nations are exploited and even killed due to superstition. In Tanzania, albinos are being killed and eaten, because they are thought to have magical properties as part of their religion. The situation in India, is not much different. But, the rising number of educated citizens is resulting more debate and lawsuits. However, the rising income level has also resulted in more opportunistic people who exploit them. The article only notes those superstitions that have been subjects of major public debates and lawsuits. The article considers animal sacrifices as superstition because the authorities consider it so and there are court orders prohibiting it. The Francis Bacon quote was recently added and has been removed. I hope all your concerns have been addressed. Write on my talk page, if you feel this or any other related pages have more problems. -Kenfyre (talk) 05:12, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

If the authorities use that specific language "superstition", I think such needs to be included. That is, is this being prohibited on the lines of it being animal cruelty, or it being superstition? I really think that the entire "Other Notable Superstitions" section is concerning matters that are religious in nature seem pretty far removed from the matters discussed elsewhere in the article. Considering how loaded a word "superstition" is, I think at least this needs to be framed in a way such as "Some scholars/activists/skeptics/whatever believe that several traditional religious practices in India, such as animal sacrifice and taboos preventing menstruating women from entering temples, to be representative of superstitious attitudes." Kevin Corbett (talk) 01:25, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

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Very less people believe in these bad rituals

Sati pratha is not happening in nowdays and those study which classify that how many people are superstitious in india is talking about people who believes that mirror breaking is bad and something like this but sati pratha and girls killing assuming tham ghost is not practical in nowdays and isro is most effective research organisation in world Pooji tiwari (talk) 03:46, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

Requesting help in article expansion

Hi,

Requesting you to have a look at

• Superstitions in Muslim societies and also Talk:Superstitions in Muslim societies

Requesting article expansion help, if above topics interest you.

Thanks and regards

Bookku (talk) 06:14, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

Superstitions in Hindu societies

Topic Superstition and religion is going through expansion for societies of various religious background.

Topic Superstitions in Hindu societies substantially overlaps with Superstition in India same time it is not complete overlapping either. So like other religious society articles regarding superstitions do we initiate separate article Draft:Superstitions in Hindu societies or Superstition in India is more than enough for the purpose??

Bookku (talk) 13:36, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

The normal process would be to expand the content in a section of the parent topic, in this case roughly Superstition in India, and split if off into a new article if it becomes a coat rack.

The way i see it, if Superstitions in Hindu societies doesn't meet GNG the only argument left is that the content would become an immediate coatrack. Without a draft version that's hard to tell. If there is a substantial amount of valuable content that would be not be published as it is out-of-scope for Superstition in India that could be a supporting argument but i intuit that's not the case. Hope that helps, Zindor (talk) 14:20, 10 May 2022 (UTC)

Refs

• https://ommcomnews.com/odisha-news/more-than-50-children-women-go-for-hot-iron-branding-on-a-day-after-makar-sankranti
• https://idronline.org/ground-up-stories/odishas-traditional-healers-now-counter-a-superstition-they-started/
• https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/assam-grisly-price-when-sadhus-and-superstition-rule/cid/1927281

Bookku (talk) 01:15, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

• https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/superstition-sorcery-and-the-state-a-look-at-the-laws-to-combat-black-magic-and-other-such-practices-101709308576213.html

Bookku (talk) 12:38, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

Requesting reconsideration

@Skywatcher68 Pl. would you revisit your edit dif?

Suggesting a change some thing like following:

".. Common superstitions in India today include the belief that cutting fingernails or toenails at night brings bad luck, similarly a black cat crossing the road is considered bad luck, .."

Or

".. Common superstitions in India today associate bad luck with a black cat crossing the road or cutting fingernails/toenails at night. .."

Bookku (talk) 10:32, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Is there some reason you can't WP:BEBOLD and do it yourself? I won't mind.   –Skywatcher68 (talk) 13:40, 6 March 2024 (UTC)