We Indians are very superstitious and nothing can change that. We do buy insurance for our cars, but rely solely on lemons and chillies (nimbu Mirchi) to keep us safe during our ride. No matter which origin your cat belongs to Persian or Indian, if it is black then it is bad luck. Your medical reports make your doctor go bonkers, but ur twitching eyes will surely make your family happy for that is a sign that confirms good luck is soon going to arrive. The list of such good and bad superstitions that we Indians believe in is unending.
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I am not a very great fan of superstitions. I prefer lemons in lemonade and not inside the car's boot. I am not racist towards cats and when my eyes twitch I blame it on stress and lack of sleep. However, my mum does follow some of these superstions and I guess it is difficult for anyone to make her believe that what she believes in is just not happening. I tried my luck, but looks like every time I get to trying to convince her a black cat follows me 😂.
Anyhow, now I am convinced that my mom is not an issue because there are far more worse cases here in India. Just today I read a news piece that made me realize superstions in India will stay forever. Can a surgeon be superstitious? Well, why not if he is Indian. A doctor in Pune is so superstitious that he got a godsman to chant some hymns as his patient was breathing her last. He apparently made someone shoot the video when he was standing besides and his extremely sick patient was being applied Vermillion and flowers while godsman kept chanting sacred chants.
Patients brother, after watching the video filed a police complaint stating that the doctor made the family members recide a particular hymn while he was operating on his sister around 3 months ago. The patient had been in ICU ever since and breathed her last after his recent episode of superstition. The police are on the lookout for this doctor and the godman who are into hiding.
Didn't know Indians had superstitions like that. The black cat one is a common one in Europe and North America too. So you just shove lemons and chillies into the car and drive with that? Fresh or dry?
Haha not everyone @guiltyparties only the superstitious ones. Fresh 7 chillies and 1 fresh lemon. We let it stay there for months and change it when there is an auspicious occasion.
exactly like this 😂
@samysamy wat exactly do the chillies and lemons do?
@joshuaemorut they believe that it wards off the evil eyes and keeps us safe😜
Indian culture is interesting though complicated. A culture which prohibits talking to strangers but is okay with marriage to strangers. Quite strange......
Really sometimes the superstitions make us laugh but sometimes they irritate us !! sad situation for the patient out there .. But I think many of the superstitions had uprooted from the society as of now :)
@pranithreddy when we think it is all gone there comes some news like this one that make us think otherwise. India is a huge country and changing the belief of millions of people, I think, is impossible.