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India has had a long and unbroken tradition of great scholarship – in mathematics, astronomy, linguistics, logic and ethics. Yet, in parallel with this, several superstitious and obscurantistic attitudes and practices flourished in our society and unfortunately continue even today – amongmany educated people too. How will you use your knowledge of science todevelop strategies to counter these attitudes?
Solution:  
To get rid of superstitious and obscurantistic attitudes and practices flourishing in our society, there is a dire need to educate a common man about the advancements, the scence has made. The media, such as newspapers, radio, television, etc can play a vital role for this purpose. Further, the teachers in class-rooms can prove quite effective to acquaint the young minds about these advancements.
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