WITCHCRAFT IN INDIA: A GLORIFIED SHAME
Keywords:
Witchcraft, Rural India, Witch-huntingAbstract
The blue sheet over the Earth was turning black. The wind whistled through the trees. The sea was silent and drops were deafening. “Her long coal black hair fell over her red eyes growling with anger. The shadow of dark was attached to her toes. She hid murder in her eyes”, “tell these words to the villagers and they will then attack her in the name of witch”, said the unseen mouth in darkness of torch light. The next morning, the branded witch was dragged by her hair out of the house to the open village area. Was she an attacker? Or was she a victim? Filled in dust, she screamed and shouted but no one heard. People started to scorch her house, she saw her home fuming. She begged with her hands dripping blood. She was her last hope. People were bursting with aggression outside and fear inside, mothers hid their children and chants started to echo. She was tied to a pole, an ojha came. He blackened her face, performed his actions and burned the ‘witch’ alive. A body burnt, a soul died
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