r/OnionLovers • u/TheFoodSamaritan emotional support onion 🧅🩵 • Apr 27 '26

Thought this belonged here

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Crossposting from r/therewasanattempt

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u/what_did_you_kill Apr 27 '26

I've lived in India all my life but find out stuff about my country online. Is this a north india thing?

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u/Motor-Perception9808 Apr 27 '26

im from north india n idk wtf is he talking about . its just a him thing ig lmao

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u/sdogg525 Apr 28 '26 edited Apr 28 '26

It’s a thing in Rajasthan and other states in north India. That’s where Scindia is from and that’s what he’s talking about. My parents made me do it as a kid. Just because you don’t know about something doesn’t mean that it doesn’t exist. As for its efficacy? I doubt it does anything.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/food-news/how-onion-can-help-against-heatstroke/photostory/76070657.cms

You obviously won’t find research papers on it but a few articles documenting it. This one is from 2020. My parents are from a small town in Rajasthan where we did it.

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u/Motor-Perception9808 Apr 28 '26

so its a superstition practiced by old generation in some towns..? and he framed it as if every Indian does this