Survivor Mental Health

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’
SWATI SHIKHA

Activism
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’
AJITHA SUSAN GEORGE

Witch Killings

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
JACINTA KERKETTA

Interview
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 became a saviour to 140 victims of witch hunting in Jharkhand
ABHIK BHATTACHARYA

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
JYOTI KUMARI