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Bijāpur : India | 11 months ago  
In a shocking incident, a three month old infant was immersed into a vessel full of boiling water and lifted out by his own parents at Jumalapur village in Bijapur district. Reports...
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    Posted By emsheikh emsheikh | 11 months ago
    The height of following such rituals which may or may not prove to be harmful, exist in India and that too because of the illiteracy rate of the population who are most vulnerable targets of such things.
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    Posted By vineeth vineeth | 11 months ago
    Yes, exactly. Not only are they vulnerable to such rituals, but they are also easy targets for extremists and fundamentalists.
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    Posted By maanasi maanasi | 11 months ago
    moral science or not...The need of the hour is definitely education. I agree when you say that they are a easy target for extremists and fundamentalists. They need to be shown the error of their ways, not to be hailed as parents who have 'followed' a religious ritual. Villages need to be educated, not a small set in isolation because this is not the first incident and may not be the last.
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    Posted By arnold_0023 arnold_0023 | 11 months ago
    crazy people or to say sad madness...At least they didn't kill the baby...Belief in god should be in limits. This is one out of limits. ......They should have put them self in that water not the baby...
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    Reply By vineeth vineeth | 11 months ago
    crazy people they are. Wonder if they would have jumped into boiling water if told by their village priest?
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    Posted By wealthyminds wealthyminds | 11 months ago
    Even though the government funds on education and implement the system, it is upto the people to apply what they learnt. Awareness plays a very less role in this case. Come on guys, how many of them would follow the ideals that were taught in awareness programs/education? Their culture and tradition runs down deep in their blood. They will listen to things they want to listen, and omits the rest.

    What i suggest is - trigger a mass revolution from within. Identify a strong leader of a community, and make him/her understand the ideals.

    1. The leader will have the power to change the rituals/traditions.
    2. The whole village listens to its leader.

    I am sure that this strategy will help villages to come up.
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    Posted By jmsjoin jmsjoin | 11 months ago
    vineeth
    Very good! I am afraid the old adage ignorance is Bliss rules the day!Doing things like that even in the US is not rare enough! Babies and children die occasionally because religious beliefs do not allow medicine.
    Last year here a woman put her baby in the microwave,You can imagine the results! Anyway with the turmoil around the world just beginning and will get worse people are more turning to Religion for help. Religion is no help but the largest part of the problems today!
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    Posted By amra1 amra1 | 11 months ago
    vineeth you are so right we need education to get rid of ignorance and insanity...
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    Posted By madura madura | 11 months ago
    It's such a heinous act, people are crazy & ignorant to go to any extent in the name of religion. I agree with you completely that education plays a great role in eliminating such evils in the society.

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