Baby dipped into boiling water as part of ritual

One more act of superstition in rural India.

A three-month-old infant was dunked into a vessel full of boiling water and lifted out, in a mysterious religious ritual by a couple at Jumalapur village in Bijapur district, Karnataka.

The horrifying act drew shocked gasps from the public and media persons gathered, but not as much as a whimper from the baby. She appeared fine.

The parents looked unafraid, and in fact, were happy that they were carrying out the ritual, held during the festival of Balabhim near Talikot town on Friday.

The story goes like this: Prabhavati and Sanganagouda of Navadagi village near Talikot town married a few years ago, but had no children. Fed up, the disappointed couple prayed that their wish be fulfilled.

Hanumantray Hugar, priest of Balabhim (Anjaneya) temple of Jumalapur village had uttered to them, presumably speaking on behalf of the Almighty: "I will give two issues to you, out of which one will be taken by self. Another should be dipped in boiling water as a religious ritual".

In due course, the first baby was born, but died early. The second one was born within a year, and the ritual was performed. Whether this is blind belief or a challenge to science is not known. But the baby is safe and healthy, even after its appalling experience.

Source: Times Of India, 28th December, 2008

A Monkey taking care of a new born baby: Video

Have you ever seen a monkey being a baby sitter.
Here is one such story where a monkey takes care of a new born baby.

A wild monkey in Dhenkanal(INDIA) protects and takes care of a twenty-four day old human baby when his mother is engaged in household activities. The monkey comes to the house in the morning and spends the whole day taking care of the baby and at times even sleeps in the house with the little one. This incidence has become the talk of the town and the locals are also surprised, though pleasantly protects and takes care of a twenty-four day old human baby when his mother is engaged in household chores.

Here is the video..

New born babies thrown off roofs to thank God : Video

How can anyone throw their new born baby from a roof of 50 feet height just for following some of their bizarre religious tradition. If by mistake the head of the child bangs to the ground directly, the child will be spot dead. Still, people in india take this risk.

Read On.. and have a look at the video also.

Religious traditions are diverse and sometimes as bizarre as they can get. A village in Solapur, Maharashtra, has a dangerous tradition of throwing newborns from a height of 50 feet onto a sheet, which is held by devotees.

The infants are thrown off the roof of the Baba Sheikh Umar Saheb Dargah in Musti village in Solapur. This is an age-old tradition practiced by couples who are blessed with a child after taking a vow at the dargah. The devotees also believe that this ritual is good for the health of the child.

“People have been following this tradition for almost 500 years now. They believe that if they throw the child from the roof then it does good to him or her,” deputy sarpanch of Musti village, Ravikiran Mehta said.

While the practice may seem dangerous and superstitious to others, the devotees strongly believe that the fall will not harm the infants. The reason given is that there has been no recorded evidence of any physical disability to the infants.

“It’s our family tradition and so we follow it,” a devotee said.



Source: IBNLive, Apr 27, 2008

Be careful while leaving your child to a baby-sitter

In olden days, mom used to take care of their children and dad used to go out for work. But in recent times its often seen that both the parents go out to work leaving their kids to be taken care by baby-sitters or in home-stays. People do this so that to meet all their expenses and save more money for their future. The parents will never know what is their child going through.
A worst nightmare occurred recently in Bangalore, where in the baby-sitter nanny sedated the children and rent them out to begging. This is horrifying. Hence be careful henceforth while leaving out your child in some home-stay.
Read on..

The worst nightmare of working parents entrusting the care of their children to nannies became a reality for a city couple recently.

As soon as they would kiss their little one goodbye, the nanny would feed him and get him ready - for a day of begging on the streets of Bangalore. Instead of milk, the baby was fed sedatives; instead of the clothes carefully put out by his parents, she would dress him up in rags.

The modus operandi was simple - she would hand the seven-month-old baby to beggars for Rs 100 a day and lie back at her employers' home, watch soaps and feed herself to her heart's content. And this was not an `ayah' picked up by hearsay reference, she came duly recruited by an employment agency, considered a safe option.

The horrifying story was revealed when the child's mother - who works for an MNC - returned home early one day. She found the nanny sitting in front of the TV but the baby was missing. Taken aback, she confronted the nanny who then confessed that she had been sending the baby for begging for the past three weeks.

It's only then that the parents realized why their son was drowsy and inactive in the evenings - he was being sedated everyday but for weekends when the parents would be home. Strangely, though, the couple have so far not lodged a police complaint.

Source: Times Of India, 6 November 2009