India's a fascinating country. It's constantly changing, but there's still a lot of superstition and backwards thinking.
Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.
I never think about the actual process of writing. I suppose I have a superstition about examining it too closely.
The study of folklore is largely the study of particular folklore genres: myth, folktale, legend, ballad, proverb, riddle, superstition, etc.
A superstition which pretends to be scientific creates a much greater confusion of thought than one which contents itself with simple popular practices.
We have to be very conscious of the fact that beneath every illness is a prohibition. A prohibition that comes from a superstition.