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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Indian Woman Who Hunts The Witch Hunters
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-35975360"...
Last year, the home ministry informed the parliament that at least 77 people - mostly women - were killed and 60 others injured in "witch hunting incidents" in Assam since 2010. Last year, in a particularly grisly incident, a feted athlete was branded a witch, tied up and severely beaten. (More than 2,000 'witchcraft murders' have taken place in India since 2000)
Women are often branded witches to help relatives and neighbours grab their land and property, to settle personal grudges, or for denying sexual favours.
In tribal villages where superstition is rife and the public health system is in a shambles, quacks and shamans thrive and conspire with locals to blame women for crop failures, illnesses and natural calamities. Single women, widows or old couples are the main targets.
For the last 15 years, Ms Rabha, a slight and diminutive woman with big-rimmed spectacles and a girlish laugh, has been leading a courageous campaign against witch-hunting.
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Horrific and inspiring, at the same time.
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The Indian Woman Who Hunts The Witch Hunters (Original Post)
HuckleB
Apr 2016
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MisterP
(23,730 posts)1. the BJP's actually sharpened the attacks on shamans (good as well as bad ones)
saffronized laicite
ironically the only way to stop this is to start licensing and making them part of the healthcare system ...
progressoid
(49,996 posts)2. Checking the calendar....
Yep, its the 21st century.
At least for some of us.
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)3. If you say so... I wonder, sometimes.
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)4. Religion has nothing to do with it.
It's those beliefs in the supernatural....
oh wait....
Hekate
(90,773 posts)5. Pretty much the same motives touted in the European Dark Ages and beyond....
Goodness, ain't traditional culture glorious for women?
Blessings on Mrs Birubala Rabha, may she remain safe and may her work bear fruit for all women.
Quantess
(27,630 posts)7. Good for her!
K & R