conversation between mother and sister on superstitions
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(Two friends are keenly discussing about superstitions and
what they can do to make people aware of the hollowness of superstitions :)
Friend A: Hey, why did you get late? We were about to start
the party without you!
Friend B: Hey my parents’ superstitious nature annoys me at
times. As I was about to leave, they were not letting me come as my sister
sneezed! They think it is inauspicious. How unscientific!
Friend A: We cannot do anything about it. My parents also
believe in superstitions.
Friend B: We must do something. See in spite of my sister’s
sneeze, nothing has happened. On earlier occasions also I had to face
inconvenience on account of their superstitious nature.
Friend A: What can we do?
Friend B: I think we can request our teacher to hold
a seminar on ‘Superstitions’ in which she can give them an enlightening lecture
on the origin of superstitions and their irrelevance in the modern times.
Friend A: It is a good idea. Most of these superstitions
were made quite long ago, when man was quite backward in thinking, reasoning,
and science. Superstitions are like ghosts whom no one has seen but still
compulsively believe in.
Friend B: I think we also need to do some experiment! Are
you a game?
Friend A: Wow! I am in. but what experiment?
Friend B: We will make a cat walk in front of our fathers in
the morning, and in the evening we will tell them our result in the pre-boards.
Both of us have scored CGPA 10. Then we will tell them. Look if the crossing of
the cat in front of you would have been inauspicious, we would have not scored
10 CGPA. They will understand that superstitions have no influence on what
happens to us.
Friend A: Great idea. If we will give them a detailed
explanation about irrelevance and prove our arguments with proofs, they will
definitely stop believing in superstitions.
Friend B : I agree with you. We will definitely try to convince them.