This pioneering; domineering and dare devil Belagavi based Samiti is not only ridding our decadent; decrepit; depraved and debased society of the ills/myths associated with the reprehensible twin practices of casting spells and the likes on both perceived and real enemies as well as eradicating prevalent beliefs about the same.......
Most if not all Indians have seen every nook and cranny of their neighbourhood dotted/littered or then inundated with such paraphernalia like lemons smeared with vermilion and sindoor; black cloth or rag dolls whose bodies are obliterated with pins; broken coconuts; puffed rice and so on and so forth at intermittent intervals on any and every "Amavasya" (full moon night) as gullible souls believe that casting such "black magic and tantric" spells unto others will severely reduce if not completely alleviate their worldly burdens and travails........
In a sterling and praiseworthy effort to rid the denizens of Belagavi city and its surrounding areas of this centuries old menace once and for all; the city based Andhashruddha Nirmulan Samiti (ANIS) carried out or then heralded a first of it's kind "dawn to dusk" drive expressly meant to eradicate the very last vestiges of these articles from the city's landscape.......
Volunteers from the Samiti and other well intentioned folks were joined by members of Swatantrya Sainikara Uttaradhikari Sanghatana; Nirzaranand Bagicha Manch; District Marathi Journalists Association and such other notables in this drive that went on in various areas and localities between 6 am and 6 pm on Tuesday.......
Briefing the curious; inquisitive and bewildered folks who gathered in droves to gape at the volunteers and others who literally swept the city of it's feet; Senior and Veteran activist Ram Apte quipped that this Samiti had been indulging in this drive on the next three days that succeeded or followed every "Amavasya" night for the last two and a bit years as the city's streets were literally reduced to a veritable garbage dump in the aftermath of every full moon night and made and earnest effort to educate the gathered folks about the futility and forlorness of these meaningless and obscure rituals and practices..........
To his credit he did certainly manage to convert more than a few believers onto his side while harbouring no illusions about the irrefutable and irrevocable fact that they were facing the daunting and seemingly insurmountable task of bringing crores of believers to their senses........
Most if not all Indians have seen every nook and cranny of their neighbourhood dotted/littered or then inundated with such paraphernalia like lemons smeared with vermilion and sindoor; black cloth or rag dolls whose bodies are obliterated with pins; broken coconuts; puffed rice and so on and so forth at intermittent intervals on any and every "Amavasya" (full moon night) as gullible souls believe that casting such "black magic and tantric" spells unto others will severely reduce if not completely alleviate their worldly burdens and travails........
In a sterling and praiseworthy effort to rid the denizens of Belagavi city and its surrounding areas of this centuries old menace once and for all; the city based Andhashruddha Nirmulan Samiti (ANIS) carried out or then heralded a first of it's kind "dawn to dusk" drive expressly meant to eradicate the very last vestiges of these articles from the city's landscape.......
Volunteers from the Samiti and other well intentioned folks were joined by members of Swatantrya Sainikara Uttaradhikari Sanghatana; Nirzaranand Bagicha Manch; District Marathi Journalists Association and such other notables in this drive that went on in various areas and localities between 6 am and 6 pm on Tuesday.......
Briefing the curious; inquisitive and bewildered folks who gathered in droves to gape at the volunteers and others who literally swept the city of it's feet; Senior and Veteran activist Ram Apte quipped that this Samiti had been indulging in this drive on the next three days that succeeded or followed every "Amavasya" night for the last two and a bit years as the city's streets were literally reduced to a veritable garbage dump in the aftermath of every full moon night and made and earnest effort to educate the gathered folks about the futility and forlorness of these meaningless and obscure rituals and practices..........
To his credit he did certainly manage to convert more than a few believers onto his side while harbouring no illusions about the irrefutable and irrevocable fact that they were facing the daunting and seemingly insurmountable task of bringing crores of believers to their senses........
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