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The Cult Of Jai Gurudev Sangh And Invention Of Witches In Jharkhand's Gumla

The Making Of A Witch

The Cult Of Jai Gurudev Sangh And Invention Of Witches In Jharkhand's Gumla

Recounting the horrors Geeta Devi, an older woman, had to undergo at the hands of fellow villagers, who not only lynched her but also banished her from the village, Jyoti Kumari and Pallavi Pratibha tell us how women could be branded a witch for their facial features

Dark Spectacle: People allegedly perform ‘black magic ‘on the banks of the Ganga during Kartik Purnima at Diyara near Buddha Ghat, Patna Photo: Getty Images

Sawal ye nahi ki bastiyan kisne jalai, sawal ye hai ki unke hath me machis kisne di

(The question isn’t one of who burned the town but one of who handed them the matches)

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