India has had a long and unbroken tradition of great scholarship - in mathematics, astronomy, linguistics, logic ethics . Yet , in parallel with this, several superstitions and obscurantistic attitudes and practices flourished in our society and unfortunately continue even today-among many educated people too . How will you use your knowledge of science to develop strategies to counter these attitudes ?

Explanation

In spite of so much development , there are several superstitious and obscurantistic attitudes flourished in our Indian society. Education is the best way to get rid of these superstitious attitudes and practices. Factors responsible for it are illiteracy , lack of scientific knowledge , poverty, etc.
To get rid of these, parents should be encouraged to send their wards to school where teachers can take the responsibility to counter these attitudes. The media like newspapers, television, radio, Internet can play a major role to spread awareness among society to eradicate these superstitions .