Hindu religion is one of the oldest religion leading to believe people in around 64 thousand crore God’s if at all. We have various traditions which we follow. Some of them are quite good, they help bring families together. But then we had others like sati, child marriage etc which had been put to, by being people with broader outlook towards things. But still there are a lot of customs and traditions which are still believed into and some of us still think they are valuable and should be preserved while rest find themselves a victim of the same. Belief in horoscopes/astrology is one such thing.
Before marriage Hindus tend to match the so called kundali’s of the potential bride and groom and then decide if the marriage should happen or not. The summary is a minimum of 18 ‘gunas’ should match, then only they are compatible else they are not fit for each other. These so called ‘gunas’ are decided based on the temperament , health and life prediction of the boy and the girl depending on their date of birth, time and place. But can someone really predict what is going to happen? If that be the case why are we living the life we have if we know what is going to happen? When the boy and girl were living separately then there were no conflicts but if they get married her ‘gunas’ may even lead to the guy’s death if she is manglik? Isn’t that bullshit? If something is supposed to happen then won’t that happen anyways? Just because a person is born on a particular day his/her partner will likely die? Isn’t that a ridiculous thought?
There’s a large race of educated people who firmly believe in all this, be it India’s superstar Amitabh Bachan or our leaders like LK Advani,Narendra Modi and countless others to name. We are still to move past these shackles inhibiting the real incarnation of our country from its ageold myths /misbeliefs.
I am certain that half of the population reading this might actually turn out to be a believer afterall. If not I would be pleasantly surprised. So what are you, a believer or you think it’s a myth?
