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If anybody tries to cut the onion, it will punish the person irrespective of his position and status. While chopping, the cutting person will get tears. But, we can chop the onions with ease and without tears in this way.

By cutting a specific part of the onion we can avoid the tears. The bottom of the onion contains sulfur, which comes out when cutting and gets mixed with the oxygen in your eyes and creates sulfuric acid that makes you to cry. The top portion (which is called bloom) is harmless.

First cut the onion in half and chop it off the bloom, cut the ribs of onion in straight down, and after slicing the onion should still be in tact because you haven't touched the root.

The quality of the onions also matters in making you cry, having larger size onions lessens your burden.

-Kannamsai