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In a modern America where magic is real and witches are persecuted by US authorities, teenager Claire and her family are part of an intricate network that helps these women escape across the border...
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Sep 25, 2023 · The practice of witch hunt in India was found in the Assam (Morigaon District) famously called “the Indian capital of black magic” which is now prevalent in many other places like Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Orissa and Maharashtra.
Jan 11, 2018 · Witch hunts primarily target women and exploit India’s caste system and culture of patriarchy. Men who brand women as dakan capitalize on deeply rooted superstitions and...
Aug 17, 2018 · Life. In Rural India, Protecting Women From Witch Hunting, and an Impending Flood. On the ground with activists fighting to save lives. By Seema Yasmin. August 17, 2018.
- Introduction
- Meaning of Witch-Hunting
- Modern Witch-Hunting
- Various Forms of Witch-Hunting in The Present Time
- Legislations Related to Witch Hunt
- Case Laws
- Why This Practice Is Still There in Society
- Conclusion
- Reference
Do you remember, last year, on the evening of 14th June, famous Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found hanging in his house? In this case, AIIMShad declared that it was an incident of suicide. But his family had put serious allegations on Rhea Chakraborty that she was the girlfriend of Sushant Singh Rajput and because of her, he died. Every...
Many young people are fascinated by witchcraft after seeing it in the Harry Potter series. But this practice is a problem in society. The practice of witch-hunting is related to the word “witchcraft”. Witchcraft is made of two words ‘wicca’ and ‘craft’. Wicca means ‘witch’ and craft means ‘skill or ability’. So witchcraft is the belief in magical p...
Cyberbullying, media or social media trials are the new forms of witch-hunting in the era of technology. The term “witch-hunt” has made its special place in political and cultural strategies. Many politicians, industrialists, protestors and famous personalities are using this term in response to Mueller investigations, serious allegations and criti...
Witch-hunting of women
Misogyny is still thriving in our modern society. This is not something new in Indian society. It has existed since very ancient times. The witch-hunt of Rhea Chakraborthy is the biggest example of witch-hunting in the twenty-first century. How the media and people were trying to convict her by hook or crook. When she was not convicted in Sushant’s death, then how she was allegedly arrested in a drug case. How police and the CBI were crossing their limits and they had surrounded her improperl...
Witch-Hunt of institutions, journalists, activists, protestors and politicians as a political agenda
In the present time, the scope of witch-hunting has widened. Now, not only the women but various institutions, protestors, journalists and politicians are facing the witch-hunt by people in power or the government itself.
Witch-hunting is not prominent in India only but many other countries as well. This is why we have multiple laws in force at the International, national and state-level which provide stringent punishment to the perpetrators of this evil practice.
State of West Bengal v. Kali Singh & Others
In this case, the honourable Calcutta High Court cited that the judicial execution is not enough to deal with the cases of witch-hunting, as it is there in the mind of people. In this case, three women were killed by seven people under the practice of witch-hunting. The court held that the state is not responsible enough to take care of these kinds of cases, as it failed in giving education to the people and making them aware of the practice.
Madhu Munda And Ors. v. the State Of Bihar
In this case, the son of Madhu Munda had lodged the FIR against the people who had harassed, tortured and dragged out and thrown his mother in a ditch in front of his eyes. She was lost and couldn’t come home for eight days, because she was lying unconscious in a ditch. The dilemma of this case is that the six accused persons were not punished because of unreliable witnesses who were the son, daughter and other family members of the victim itself.
Witch-hunting is an evil practice that is found even in today’s time in various forms. There are multiple reasons why it is still thriving in society. One of the major reasons is that there is no awareness among people. We have legislation on various levels yet we are unable to finish it because the police or investigation agencies and administrati...
In today’s era, witch-hunting is not limited to superstition only but this practice is used as a political tool. It is not limited to a particular caste, gender, caste or society anyone can be a victim of this practice irrespective of their caste, gender or status. Famous personalities or politicians are portraying themselves as the victim of witch...
- Rachit Garg
A witch-hunt, or a witch purge, is a search for people who have been labeled witches or a search for evidence of witchcraft. Practicing evil spells or incantations was proscribed and punishable in early human civilizations in the Middle East .
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Aug 29, 2024 · Witch hunt, a series of investigations and persecutions of “witches” that occurred in Europe and the European colonies in the Americas between the 14th and 18th centuries. The term witch hunt has entered common political parlance to describe such campaigns as that of Sen. Joseph McCarthy to root
