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Witch Hunting

Phoolbani, a victim of witch hunting

Religion No Bar: Women Branded Witches Everywhere

The superstitions of daain/bisahi, black magic, and ojha-guni (shamanism) are not just limited to the Adivasi and Hindu communities, but also have strong roots among Muslims and Christianity.

15 March 2023

International Womens Day 2023

The Myth Of Women's Day

In his address to the nation on India's 75th birthday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi beckoned citizens to fight misogyny and called for a 'change in the mentality' towards women. But women in India continue to suffer, be it...

07 March 2023

Photo: Md. Asghar Khan

'They Call My Daughters Dayan Betis'

Sabitri Munda could never gather enough courage to approach the police but recently, after a local NGO got in touch with her, an agreement was signed and it was decided that the villagers would stop harassing her.

02 March 2023

Shanti Sandipurti, a woman allegedly labelled as a witch in Jharkhand.

How Witchcraft Is Seen Among Adivasis And How Women Are Branded And Hunted As Witches

Usually, it all begins with some pre-existing animosity between neighbours or closely residing relatives. From here, the process of social construction of witch is triggered. In most cases, neighbours, relatives, and...

12 March 2023

'Put Your Hands In Boiling Water To Prove You Are Not A Witch'

Peiro Devi, 34, who lives in Angada block’s Bisa Gaon in Jharkhand was branded a witch by the villagers in 2018. For almost a week, stones were being pelted at her house at night.

02 March 2023

Diary: A Woman Branded A Witch Fights Back

The struggle of a woman against the victimisation involved in being called a witch

01 March 2023

Half Full 2007: Half-human, half-animal hybrid bodies challenge the imagination of the viewers. The hybrid figures operate on the interface between fantasy and reality. The roles of the grotesque self-form many perspectives:  flirtatious to ambiguous and self-realising to psychosexual to question social norms.

I Am A Witch And That’s Okay

An independent woman —a misfit— pens a personal essay defending women’s choice to be witches and their right to not be persecuted for it.

12 March 2023

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Witch Hunting: The Invisible ‘Village’ In Assam

In Assam, which has the strictest law against witch hunting, the practice continues. Some of the victims have made a small hamlet in Goalpara district their home. The locals call it Dainigaon—the witch village

01 March 2023

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01 March 2023
The Possibilities Of Legal Redress Against Witch Hunting

The Possibilities Of Legal Redress Against Witch Hunting

A legal researcher speaks of the need to make the laws against witch hunting more effective


01 March 2023
Witch Hunting In Bihar Is No Less Than Culturally Sanctioned Murder

Witch Hunting In Bihar Is No Less Than Culturally Sanctioned Murder

Bihar was the first state to enact an anti-witch hunting law. Yet it is doing little to stop the practice


01 March 2023
Restoring The 'Garima' Of Women Branded Witches

Restoring The 'Garima' Of Women Branded Witches

Project Garima was launched in Jharkhand to restore the garima (dignity) of women branded witches. Outlook visits a few villages to see if it has been...


01 March 2023
The Witch Doctor

The Witch Doctor

Engaging with a bhagat offers a complex account of the cultural pressure that engenders violence


01 March 2023
Patriarchies: How An Adivasi Woman Has To Fight Multiple Oppressions

Patriarchies: How An Adivasi Woman Has To Fight Multiple Oppressions

Fighting cultural erasure and gender-based discrimination, Adivasi women lead lives of triple jeopardy


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01 March 2023
Who Cares About The Mental Health Of Victims Of Witch Hunting?

Who Cares About The Mental Health Of Victims Of Witch Hunting?

In Jharkhand, there is no accounting of the mental health effects of being marked a ‘witch’


01 March 2023
An Activist Against Witch Hunting Shares Her Insights

An Activist Against Witch Hunting Shares Her Insights

Lack of access to healthcare is a major factor that leads to the branding of women as ‘witches’


01 March 2023
A Poet Recounts The Story Of Her Mother Being Branded A ‘Witch’

A Poet Recounts The Story Of Her Mother Being Branded A ‘Witch’

More than the lack of education and health services, it is the politics of dispossessing a woman that keeps the belief in the ‘witch’ alive


01 March 2023
When A ‘Witch’ Fights Back

When A ‘Witch’ Fights Back

In a candid interview with Abhik Bhattacharya and Md. Asghar Khan, Padma Shri awardee Chutni Mahato talks about her travails after she was branded a witch and...


01 March 2023
The Cult Of Jai Gurudev Sangh And Invention Of Witches In Jharkhand's Gumla

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...


01 March 2023
Understanding The Social Basis Of Witch Hunting Is Key To Ending It

Understanding The Social Basis Of Witch Hunting Is Key To Ending It

Govind Kelkar and Dev Nathan enumerate the ways of raising consciousness about the negative aspects of culture and the impact of witch hunting on a sustained...


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01 March 2023
The Land Where Every Woman Is A Witch And Every Man Is A Witch Finder

The Land Where Every Woman Is A Witch And Every Man Is A Witch Finder

According to researcher S. Bosu Mullick, most analyses of the persecution of women as witches focus on economistic perspective and tries to attribute it to...


01 March 2023
The Mandar Killing Of Women In Jharkhand

The Mandar Killing Of Women In Jharkhand

An account of the blood-curdling violence that groups of men become complicit with in their fear of women with power


01 March 2023
The Deep Roots Of Misogyny

The Deep Roots Of Misogyny

Violence against, and the murder of, women deemed witches is a regular part of life in various parts of India. What will change this?


01 March 2023
War Against Women

War Against Women

Witch hunting is not new to India as the evil persists in all its numbing brutality and scale, with thousands of women being persecuted, tortured and killed...


27 February 2023
ON WITCH HUNTING: EDITOR CHINKI SINHA TALKS ABOUT OUTLOOK’S LATEST ISSUE

ON WITCH HUNTING: EDITOR CHINKI SINHA TALKS ABOUT OUTLOOK’S LATEST ISSUE

Witch hunting is not new to India as the evil persists in all its numbing brutality and scale. This issue is dedicated to the women who were killed and to...


26 February 2023
The Story Of A Lonely, 80-Year-Old Woman Branded A ‘Witch’

The Story Of A Lonely, 80-Year-Old Woman Branded A ‘Witch’

The journey of isolation of this 80-year-old woman began around 20 years ago when she lost her husband, and she was branded a witch by the villagers.


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