The longest eclipse of the millennium.
The Solar Eclipse of 15 January 2010 was visible as a partial eclipse in some countries. The Maldives was the best spot for viewing the solar eclipse from land. The eclipse was seen for 10.4 minutes in India.
Hundreds of young Indians in the IT capital Bangalore defied superstition and treated themselves to a sumptuous lunch during the millennium’s longest annular eclipse today.
The Solar Eclipse of 15 January 2010 was visible as a partial eclipse in some countries. The Maldives was the best spot for viewing the solar eclipse from land. The eclipse was seen for 10.4 minutes in India.
Hundreds of young Indians in the IT capital Bangalore defied superstition and treated themselves to a sumptuous lunch during the millennium’s longest annular eclipse today.
In Bihar, superstition held sway. A seventeen year old Brahmin boy in jeans and sporting the latest hairstyle, hurries home asnd refuses to eat anything from eleven in the morning till three in the afternoon because he has to obey his parents. Another young man was treated to a long lecture about what would bring bad luck during the eclipse, and he was warned that any 'anti-social behaviour' like snacking during the inauspicious time would bring bad luck to his family!
I'm glad my friend Sarikah in Gangtok posted a photograph she took at 2 pm on Facebook, which I have snitched to add colour to this post.
The good news in Patna was that the sun actually came out of hiding and it was a fairly bright day, slightly warmer than yesterday.
My question : How long will blind superstition continue to eclipse Reason and Common Sense in India?
2 comments:
I believe forever. There is something wrong with our mental set up. It's not that only illiterate n less eduacated people follow such ridiculous superstitious norms like not eating during solar eclipse. Even the best educated n well-read people find it hard to question religious norms no matter how ridiculous or unexplicalbe they appear in today's scientific age.
Why believe only on Solar Eclipse, the natural phenomenon?????? Just realize, we all go through eclipses almost every day, we are eclipsed from the sight of one's own self to see things clearly for ourselves and for those we love. The day we begin to believe in ourselves, others and the most powerful presence of God who is the LORD of all ECLIPSES, we will have no FEAR of any untoward future that we dread to think of. God of all eclipses, pour in us the power of deep FAITH!
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