Eclipsed Minds?

Today(yesterday, actually), there was a solar occultation. And quite a lot people hid in their houses.

I can't imagine why people do this. My grandmother is highly superstitious, and thus she covered all windows with curtains, put grass near stuff we eat and all sorts of weird stuff. She forced me not to eat anything and thus I am pretty starved today. She went as far as to say that there is harmful radiation from the sun, and tried to appear 'modern'. Ofcourse there is harmful radiation, it's always been there, since people started ruining the planet. It's perfectly okay to be outside when a solar 'eclipse' is taking place.

People know perfectly well that no devil is swallowing the sun. Rahu isn't angry either, for how can a planet be angry? We have perfectly plausible explanations and proofs as to the causes of eclipses. People believe it, know it's true, but STILL carry on with the bathing and the cleaning.

Things are looking better though.

More people should viewed the eclipse just to remove their superstitions

says a lady from the Delhi Planetarium.The newspapers also helped in the campaign against superstitions by putting up constructive articles.

Now all we need is more of this for stuff like 'Rahukala'.

Superstitions-Dispel!