Question

what does author purpose for the better ment of India in Benares lesson​

Answer 1

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The author is a rationalist. He is a disbeliever in faith, superstition, and herd mentality. When he looks at the scenario at the Ganges, he sees a bleak future for India, if Indians continue to invest their time, money, and energy in blind acts of faith and fear.

According to Aldous Huxley, the Hindus have a very unscientific explanation for the eclipse. The Hindus believe that a serpent was slowly swallowing the Sun. The Sun a symbol of the light of heaven was nibbled at gradually by the enemy….the serpent. He considers the Hindus’ blind belief about the eclipse as superstition.

He says that the sun located millions of miles away is capable of taking care of itself. it doesn’t require millions of Hindus to gather on the Ganges, after going through a tiresome journey, to save it.

At the time of the eclipse, people on the lowest steps of the Ghats threw themselves into the water and began to wash, gargle, tell their prayers, blow their noses, spit and drink. Policemen were controlling this crowd while million people were waiting to have a dip on the steps.

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