Maharashtra - This college is teaching students how to conceive a baby boy

We claim to be a progressive lot in the 21st century and then this happens. According to a leading daily, the third-year students of Bachelors of Ayurveda, Medicine, and Surgery (BAMS) are being taught techniques to conceive a baby boy. 

According to the textbook, to conceive a baby boy - 

"Collect two north facing branches of a Banyan tree (east facing will also suffice) that has grown in a stable, take precisely two grains of urad dal mustard seeds, grind all the ingredients with curd, and consume the mixture."

The process of creating a male fetus is called 'pusanvan,' and any woman who desires a boy should be "blessed with the pusanvan ritual" as soon as she gets pregnant.

"Create two miniature statues of a man out of gold, silver, or iron after throwing the statues in a furnace. Pour that molten element in milk, curd or water, and on an auspicious hour of Pushp Nakshatra, consume it."

"Cook rice flour with water, and while cooking, the woman should inhale the steam. Then add water to the cooked flour, and soak a ball of cotton in it. The woman should lie on the threshold so that her head touches the ground. Then, with that cotton ball, the liquid should be poured in her nostrils. It should not be spit out, instead it should be swallowed." 

Surprisingly, this syllabus is supervised by the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) in Nashik. When questioned about the same,  Vice-Chancellor, Dr Dilip Mhaisekar spoke to the daily, saying that the curriculum was decided by the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homoeopathy (AYUSH). He also stated that he apparently had written to the ministry about the content, but has admitted to the fact that he "doesn't have the right to add or delete from the syllabus."  

When absurd things like this are being taught as a college subject, doesn't that ring a bell in our "modern" heads? We may be in the 21st century but progression seems miles away when we come across things like this. 

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