Jharkhand Women Battle Witch Killing Scourge
Ramani Devi, 45, is leading a programme all over Jharkhand through 'Nukkad Nataks' (street plays) to raise awareness about the practice and thus save many others who might meet a fate worse than her own.
"I simply do not want repetition of what I had to face. It is all because of superstitious beliefs and nothing else," says Ramani.
Today Ramani is not alone in the fight.
Vaisakhi, another survivor, says: "It is a blot on our society. We have to face such inhuman torture even in this 21st century. It is a shame that when women have reached space, we are subjected to such horror."
Vaisakhi, in her 50s, had also been brutally beaten up by a villager, who branded her a witch.
There are scores of women who have been branded witch by villagers and tortured. Many were killed, sometimes by beheading or dismembering their limbs. Full Story
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"I simply do not want repetition of what I had to face. It is all because of superstitious beliefs and nothing else," says Ramani.
Today Ramani is not alone in the fight.
Vaisakhi, another survivor, says: "It is a blot on our society. We have to face such inhuman torture even in this 21st century. It is a shame that when women have reached space, we are subjected to such horror."
Vaisakhi, in her 50s, had also been brutally beaten up by a villager, who branded her a witch.
There are scores of women who have been branded witch by villagers and tortured. Many were killed, sometimes by beheading or dismembering their limbs. Full Story
Related: religion, wicca, pagan, spells
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