India: Witch hunting · Global Voices
Neha Viswanathan

Megha writes on witch hunting in India. “While witch hunting has become a thing of the past in the western world, certain states in India still revel in this appalling practice. The folks in the rural areas of Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh (specifically the Telengana district), Tripura, Assam, Orissa and Bihar still hold on to a pathetically ludicrous fear of alleged witches or ‘Dains’.”