Witchcraft

File Photo : Peiro Devi (middle) and other women who were forced to put their hands into boiling water to prove they were not witches

The Media Language Used to Tell the Stories of Women Affected By Violence

BY Md Asghar Khan

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Man Kills 70-Year-Old Mother Over Witchcraft Suspicion In Jharkhand

BY Outlook News Desk

Outlook India : According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), more than 2,500 women have been killed on charges of witchcraft since 2000.

Witch Hunts In ‘Viksit Bharat’: Unmasking The Dark Reality Behind Women’s Oppression

BY Abhijay Vaish

File Photo : A man was allegedly killed by a group of villagers and his body buried in a forest on suspicion of practising witchcraft

Man Allegedly Killed, Buried in Forest Over Witchcraft Suspicion in Odisha

BY Outlook News Desk

Illustration By Anupriya / Outlook India : Bihar Witch-Hunt Horror: Teen Survivor’s Account Exposes Heavy Price Of Superstition

Bihar Witch-Hunt Horror: Teen Survivor’s Account Exposes Heavy Price Of Superstition

BY Md Asghar Khan

File Photo : Outlook Magazine's March 11, 2023 cover issue on witchcraft raised the gender aspect of the issue in deep detail

Five Adivasis Burnt Alive In Bihar Witch Hunt

BY Pragya Singh

PTI : Police near crime scene (representative image)

Bihar: Family Of 5 Killed On Suspicion Of Practising Witchcraft In Purnea; 2 Arrested

BY Outlook News Desk

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Assam Woman Assaulted, Left Critical Over Witchcraft Suspicion

BY PTI

Getty Images : Tribal woman

Bihar's 'Witch Hunts' Target Women In Leadership Roles, Married Women

16 people get life imprisonment for killing man on suspicion of practising witchcraft. |

Bihar: 16 Get Life Term For Killing Man On Suspicion Of Practising Witchcraft

BY PTI

Casting A Witchcraft Spell

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A Guide For Casting A Witchcraft Spell To Make Someone Love You

BY Spotlight Desk

‘Tantrik Rituals’ Claim Life of Four Children In Three Weeks

Maharashtra: 'Witch Doctor' Kills Teenage Boy By Beating Him Up Claiming He's Possessed

BY Outlook News Desk

Alamda bai lives alone in her single room house in Bhimpur village, Bhilwara, ever since a neighbour accused her of practicing witchcraft.

Book Excerpt: The Witches of India, A Study of India’s Superstitious Need For Female Subjugation

BY Aaliya Waziri

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

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

BY Moumita Alam

Photo: Vikram Sharma/Outlook

Longing And Isolation: Branded As A Witch Alamda Bai Fights Loneliness

BY Outlook News Desk

Couple murdered on suspicion of practicing sorcery in Odisha's Keonjhar

Odisha Witch Hunt: Couple Hacked To Death Over Suspicion Of Practicing Witchcraft

BY Outlook News Desk

Vanessa Hudgens

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Vanessa Hudgens To Share Her Journey With Witchcraft In New Documentary

Minor Son Among Seven Held For Killing Couple On Suspicion Of Witchcraft

Minor Son Among Seven Held For Killing Couple On Suspicion Of Witchcraft

BY Outlook News Desk

Witchcraft Lands 19 Women In Jail For Life For Killing A Nine-Year-Old

Witchcraft Lands 19 Women In Jail For Life For Killing A Nine-Year-Old

BY PTI

Witches through the ages

Culture & Society

Women's Solidarity Through Witchcraft

BY Outlook News Desk

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