Vishwas Aur Andhvishwas

What is faith? When does it become superstition? How do our upbringing influence our thoughts and beliefs? How do prevalent social beliefs gradually transform into collective faith and belief? Why does a person, even sitting with a mobile phone in front of a modern invention like television, continue to believe in stories about miracles, prophecies, and ghosts? Why does a society repeatedly return to religious dogma and reactionary, regressive political and social beliefs? Is this world a creation of God? Or is it merely a machine operating under the laws of cause and effect? How will the existence or absence of God affect our thinking and lifestyle? What does He do for us and what does He not do? Is He Himself our creation? What is the mind, and how do its mysteries enlighten or confuse us? In which empty and helpless corners of our minds do astrology and ghosts come to our aid? Is opposing superstition an opposition to morality? Does attacking religious dogmas make a social individual lose moral integrity? Or does it make them more self-reliant, autonomous, independent, and happy? What role do superstitions and blind faith play in the lives of women? Why do they become both the perpetrators and subjects of many superstitions? This book addresses these and many similar questions. The ideological, theoretical, and practical background of Narendra Dabholkars anti-superstition movement is clearly presented in this book, which he created to answer the questions and concerns raised during the movement.