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Superstitions

  • Indian Science Congress postponed amid tussle with Centre’s science and technology department

    Indian Science Congress postponed amid tussle with Centre’s science and technology department

    Niladry Sarkar
    · Feb 17, 2024 · 07:30 pm
  • Where do superstitions come from?

    Where do superstitions come from?

    Dimitris Xygalatas, The Conversation
    · Dec 23, 2022 · 11:30 pm
  • Minor girls paraded naked in Madhya Pradesh village to ‘appease rain god’

    Minor girls paraded naked in Madhya Pradesh village to ‘appease rain god’

    Scroll Staff
    · Sep 07, 2021 · 01:09 pm
  • Watch: Superstitions are amusing already, and this comedian serves them with a side of extra humour

    Watch: Superstitions are amusing already, and this comedian serves them with a side of extra humour

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 17, 2018 · 05:00 pm
  • Hyderabad: Couple arrested for beheading 3-month-old girl during ‘human sacrifice’ ritual

    Hyderabad: Couple arrested for beheading 3-month-old girl during ‘human sacrifice’ ritual

    Scroll Staff
    · Feb 16, 2018 · 03:41 pm
  • What's the secret behind our much-loved sports rituals and superstitions? The illusion of control

    What's the secret behind our much-loved sports rituals and superstitions? The illusion of control

    Keis Ohtsuka, The Conversation
    · Dec 15, 2016 · 09:00 pm
  • China's Communist Party reinforces member ban on superstition

    China's Communist Party reinforces member ban on superstition

    Scroll Staff
    · Jan 04, 2016 · 09:06 pm