tc 'kqHk eqgwrZ us ys yh cPps dh tku

            djhc NS% ekg igys dh ?kVuk gS ,d i<+s fy[ks nEifRr dks fdlh T;ksfr"kh us lykg nh fd ;fn muds gksus cPps dk tUe x.ks'k prqFkhZ dks gks tkos rks cPpk vR;Ur HkkX;'kkyh gksxkA cl fQj D;k Fkk] ml nEifRr dks /kqu lokj gks xbZ fd vius igys cPps dk tUe 'kqHk eqgwrZ esa gh gksA vkt izfr;ksfxrk ds dM+s nkSj esa gj ikyd pkgrk gS fd mldk cPpk bruk fdLer okyk gks fd mls nqfu;ka ds lkjs lq[k vklkuh ls izkIr gks tkosA og izfr;ksxh ijh{kk esa ,d ckj esa gh vPNs LFkku ij vk tkosA ;gh lksp bl nEifRr dh Hkh Fkh rFkk mUgksaus viuk cPpk x.ks'k prqFkhZ dks gh iSnk djkus dh Bku yh rFkk os vusd MkWDVjksa ds ikl tkus yxs fd cPps dk tUe 'kqHk fnu djok nsa pkgs vkWijs'ku u gh D;ksa u djuk iM+sA cPps ds tUe dks Ms<+&nks ekg cps Fks ij mUgksaus ;su&dsu&izdkjs.k fdlh ifjfpr MkWDVj dks 'kqHk eqgwrZ ds fnu vkWijs'ku }kjk izlo djus ds fy;s jkth dj fy;kA pkgs dksbZ Hkh [krjk mBkuk iM+sA [kSj nksuksa gh i{kksa dh jtkeanh ls mDr efgyk dk vkWijs'ku dj izlo djk;k x;k cPps dk tUe gqvkA cPps ds detksj jgus ij mls cPpksa ds gkfLiVy esa Hkjrh djuk iM+kA tgka nks fnuksa ckn gh detksjh] laØe.k ds pyrs cPps dh e`R;q gks xbZA vc ;g nEifRr iNrk jgk gS fd ftl cPps dk lq[kn Hkfo"; cukus ds fy;s mUgksaus T;ksfr"kh; eqgwrZ dk lgkjk fy;k ogh cPpk muls fcNM+ x;kA ,slk gh ,d ekeyk fcykliqj dk gS tgka Hkh ,d nEifRr us flQZ 'kqHk eqgwrZ ds Qsj esa le;iwoZ vkWijs'ku ls izlo djk;k rFkk muds uotkr f'k'kq dh Hkh 'kkjhfjd detksjh dh otg ls e`R;q gks xbZA mUgksaus rks lkoZtfud :i ls i'pkrki djrs gq, dgk fd os rks T;ksfr"kh ds ijke'kZ ij va/kfo'okl djds iNrk jgs gSA ij ckdh yksxksa dks ,sls pDdj esa ugha Qaluk pkfg,A

            fiNys dqN o"kksZ esa ,slh ?kVuk,a lkeus vk;h gS ftuesa u dsoy vf'kf{kr xzkeh.k cfYd vPNs i<+s fy[ks yksx Hkh 'kqHk eqgwrZ] 'kqHk fnu] 'kqHk le; ds >kals esa vk tkrs gSA  igys uqdlku mBkrs gS rFkk ckn esa iNrkrs gSA fofHkUu Vh-oh- pSuyksa ij dksbZ u dksbZ ckck fn[kk;h nsrk gS tks yksxksa dks lcsjs lksdj mBus ls ysdj jkr ds lksus rd ds 'kqHk eqgwrZ crkrs utj vkrk gSA fdlh leL;k dk lek/kku iyd >idrs djus dh 'ks[k fpYyh ckrs fnu esa vusd ckj fn[kk;h tkrh gSA dqN lekpkj i= rks iqjkus ns'kh & fons'kh VksVdksa ls vius iUus jax jgs gSA ftuls Hkh yksx Hkzfer gks tkrs gS rFkk xyrh dj cSBrs gSAMkWDVjksa ds ikl jkstkuk ,sls dqN ejht vkrs gS tks viuh chekjh dks ysdj fpafrr jgrs gS] os i=&if=dkvksa esa jkf'kQy] T;ksfr"k ds dkWye i<+rs gS rkfd chekjh] nq?kZVuk] uqdlku ds dkYifud Hk; ls Hk;Hkhr jgrs gSA ,sls rukoxzLr yksx fpfdRld ls lk/kkj.k ijke'kZ ls ysdj vkWijs'ku ds fy;s tkus rd vPNs eqgwrZ dh ckr djrs gSA dqN 'kadkyw ejht rks ckdk;nk vkWijs'ku ds fy;s vius ?kj ls fudyus ls ysdj vkWijs'ku d{k esa igaqpus] vkWijs'ku gksus rd dk 'kqHk eqgwrZ le; Hkh iafMrksa ls iwNrs gSA dHkh dHkh rks ;g ftn Hkh djrs gS fd eq>s veqd le; esa gh vkWijs'ku djokuk gS rc mUgsa ge le>krs gS fd vkWijs'ku ds fy;s 'kqHk eqgwrZ ugha cfYd dq'ky ltZu dh vko';drk gksrh gS tks vkWijs'ku vPNs ls dj ldsA ejht dks csgks'k djus ds fy;s ,ukLFkhfl;k okys fo'ks"kK dh vko';drk gksrh gS tks ejht dks dq'kyrk ls laKk'kwU; dj lds] gkfLiVy ds n{k deZpkfj;ksa dh vko';drk gksrh gS tks vkWijs'ku ds nkSjku o ckn esa Hkh ejht dh lgh ns[kHkky dj ldsA lkFk gh ejht dks Hkh vkWijs'ku o mipkj ds ckn lgh ijgst o ns[kjs[k dh t:jr gksrh gS ftlls dksbZ Hkh O;fDr iwjh rjg ls LoLFk gksrk gSA flQZ 'kqHk eqgwrZ esa vkWijs'ku] bykt djkus ls dksbZ jksxh iw.kZr% LoLFk ugha gksrkA

            vlk?; ekuh tkus okyh dqN chekfj;ksa] xaHkhj voLFkk esa HkrhZ ejht ds ifjtu vLirky esa Hkh rkaf=dksa] cSxkvksa dks cqyk ykrs gS rFkk fpfdRldh; mipkj ds lkFk ra=&ea=] >kM+ Qwaad dk Hkh rjhdk viukrs gS rks dHkh dHkh chekjh ds nkSjku Hkh ifjtu rkaf=dksa] T;ksfr"kh ls ejht dh chekjh] muds Bhd gksus ds ckcr~ iwNrkN djrs gSA dqN o"kZ igys ,d ejht ds ifjtuksa us rks cSxk ds dgs vuqlkj 'kqHk eqgwrZ ns[kdj isbax okMZ es ,d cdjs dh cfy ns nh Fkh tc MkWDVj vpkud jkmaM ysus dejs esa vk;s rFkk mUgksaus dejs esa pkaoy] uhacw flanwj] ufj;y ds lkFk] cdjs dk 'ko ns[kk rks grizHk jg x;s rFkk mUgksaus dejs dh lQkbZ djus ds funsZ'k fn;s rFkk mifLFkr cSxk lfgr ejht ds ifjtuksa dks QVdkj yxk;hA oSls Hkh fdlh nwljs LoLFk i'kq dh tku ysdj Lo;a dh izk.kj{kk dh ckr xyr gSA nSfud thou esa fdlh leL;k ;k chekjh ds vkus dk u dksbZ eqgwZr gksrk gS rFkk ml leL;k ds lek/kku djus ;kchekjh ds mipkj dk dksbZ 'kqHk eqgwZr gksrk gS] eqlhcrksa dk lkeuksa  rks O;fDr dks fcuk eqgwZr ns[ks rRdky djuk iM+rk gSA

            va/kfo'okl esa iM+dj 'kqHk eqgwrZ] 'kqHk le; ds ihNs Hkkxrs jgus dh ctk;  gesa iz—fr ds fu;eksa ij Hkh utj Mkyuk pkfg, D;ksafd tc rd i`Foh vius v{k ij ?kwerh jgsxh fnu&jkr gksrs jgsaxsaA i`Foh ds lw;Z ds pDdj yxkus ls ekSle fu;fer :i ls cnyrk jgsxkA izfr{k.k lalkj esa dksbZ u dksbZ f'k'kq tUe ysrk jgsxk ogha nwljs vksj izfriy dgha fdlh dh e`R;q gks jgh gksxhA ;g lkr pØ lfn;ksa ls ,d tSlh gS vkSj pyrh jgsxh blesa fdlh Hkh Lo;aHkwT;ksfr"k] rkaf=d dk dksbZ cl ;k fu;a=.k ugha gSA vko';drk flQZ oSKkfud kus o mlds vuq:i dk;Z djus dh gSA 

ASNS camps at various places

WOMEN ASSAULT: Superstition Responsible To Promote Witchcraft

Case1: Revati Bai of village Tekari, Mandir Hasaud was killed under the fallacy that she being into witchcraft.
Case2: Over nine women were continuously molested for eight days in a village called Jharpara in Ambikapur last year. Stunningly these women were physically abused, beaten up inhumanly, clothes were torned off and they were made to walk and bath naked before the whole village when they didn’t accept about the witchcraft. Additional to this they were made to sleep on thorns and their hair was chopped off mercilessly.
Other States Too..
It is very commonly seen not only in Chhattisgarh but almost in all parts of our country where innocent women are assaulted under the delusion of witchcraft. Whereas most of such cases donot come into light unless the assaultation is horrific or if it is a matter of murder. Only then they approach police, media or social organizations for help while most of incidents remain sealed behind the walls afraid to disrepute themselves.
Alarmingly there exists certain strong group of dominant elements in the society who suppress the whole matter with the help of their self-styled approaches.
Noticiably, most of the assaultation charges belong to Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand which very well reveal the truthfulness of humanity and the so called advanced society.
More Such Cases
There are uncountable incidents persisting in these advance societies where women are treated as worst as animals. Take the cases of Goddha district of Jharkhand where two women were blazed alive, another adult woman’s head was sliced off in village Bajra, Ranchi, poor Motri Bai was also flamed to ashes at Itki Thana, Targadi village. Bihar doesn’t lag in any case, Asha Devi of Jhajhuri village, Kalyanpur was slashed into pieces cruelly. Places like West Bengal, Varshaman district where women are killed under the same delusion. Almost all the states like Punjab, Orrissa, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra reflects the image of citizens and society who do not leave a single women whom they doubt to be a ‘tonhi’. Those women are ruthlessly molested, battered, insulted, undressed and balded. They are forced to heal up the problems that have been allegedly created by her, which she is definitely unable to do. They are ultimately killed or forced to commit suicide.
Facts
In fact Chhattisgarh alone stands with over 100 such murder cases out of 200 assaultation cases which include girls of 14 years of age to old women of 80 years! Doesn’t this expose the extremism of narrowminded superstition? Ofcourse, it is a strange but true contrast to the society of twenty-first century that claims to be too advanced yet contradicts the same by clutching the roots of superstition. It has obviously become a prominent problem for the country and state as well. With the matter of fact, superstition has not only clasped the illiterate and backward class of people but also the educated ones. It prompts a question in the minds of young citizens about the existence of witchcraft and ‘tonhis’ among the women who powerful enough to mind someone or make others sick? Isn’t it again shameful to provoke something to an extent that at a stage, fiction becomes reality? It’s a big question that how a tonhi could play such miracles that do worst to people in first place and secondly the foolish people have only have one way to get rid of her-MOLEST and ASSAULT! Or is it another weapon to publicize ‘tona-totka’ and create terror in the society?
Going back to pre-independent India, the lack of education and health measures forced the people specially villagers to get treated by ‘Baiga-Guniya’, ‘tantriks’ or ‘tona-totka’. It was the only resort for them in case of sick cattle, child’s fever, insomnia, no rain or too much of rain and everything. It still prevails after 60 years of independence in many places when people waste time and money on such things. And once these ‘baiga-guniya’ points towards witchcraft, it’s all over, whole village is behind that-one-women who’s responsible for excessive rain, cattle’s death and all that stuff. No sooner they zero down on one innocent woman and start assaulting her that leads to cooking up several imaginary stories proving her to be a tonhi.
Children are taught and brought-up under the same superstitious environment which grips their mind leading to useless fear.
What category of women?
Either these women are poor, widow or childless who have less members int the family or are the sole bread earner. They are usually helpless to defense against the blame. I wonder, why doesn’t the news of such incidents couldn’t lighten up the social spirit? No man claims to have seen the supersticious power, they just believe it because they have heard the rumour. It’s the need of hour that a collective and operative step has to be taken against this crime.
Taking an initiative
I have been working on this since years and I have analysed that the reasons behind such acts are illiteracy, lack of health facilities and scientific approach, pressure of ancient customs etc..In fact sensible people are invited in the workshops conducted in villages to expose the reality of Baiga and Ojha. I mean how could they allow some baba to come and decide fate of a woman? And foolish people blindly believing him kill a woman? Which Indian culture allows them to do this? And what remains in the custom if it takes someone’s life?
So, let’s discuss on the effective measures to be taken against witchcraft and black magic superstition. The NGOs, social organizations, gram panchayat, professors, doctors and literates should play an active role in relatively small places where they believe superstition is more. Other can be like:
1. While receiving any information about blackmagic practices, it should be tried to solve immediately without stretching it for too long.
2. In case of health problems, diseases and pregnancy, approach the nearest doctor because superstition can’t treat you in any way.
3. Natural calamities like flood, famine, earthquake etc or pet’s health is absolutely natural and is not at all related to any person individually. Therefore, there’s no point in blaming and assaulting some women calling her tonhi or witch and making her responsible for the calamity.
4. The social workers should visit panchayat and small places to spread awareness about the superstition. In fact media can also play an eminent role here. They can stop telecasting serials and the shows based on horror, blackmagic, births etc..And government should also come forward to take an initiative against the evil.
5. We can also convey the message through theatre and plays to finally prove that the blackmagic has no existence; it’s just a weed in mind that has to be chopped off.
Once the steps are taken, very soon our country would be free from useless superstition.
Add:
Dr. Dinesh Mishra
Ophtamologist,
President-Andh Shraddha Nirmulan Samiti
Raipur Netra Chikitsalaya,
Nayapara, Phool Chowk, Raipur.
Phone-0771-4026101
Mob:9827400859

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BBC NEWS | South Asia | Indian villagers 'killed witch'

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Indian villagers 'killed witch'

BSkeptic January 2009.pdf - Google Viewer

BSkeptic January 2009.pdf - Google Viewer

Superstition is the main cause of witchcraft

The incidents of castigating innocent women on allegation of witch spell in thecountry are happening day to day. Many of the incidents do not come into light of common people. Those incidents in which castigation has gone beyond limit, fatal injuries and murder of the women reach to police or press or social organization. In some cases people do not reveal the incident due to infamy. In some cases castigating group is so power full that due to its influence the case is hush up or settled.
The incidents of lashing of women on the name of witchcraft which became headline in the newspapers are not confined to one region and province but information about such incidents come from every part of the country as well as in whole world. However most of the cases are found in undeveloped & developing region. If we see some incidents which hits the headline the newspapers the reality of humanity and modern society will come in tolight. Burning alive of two women in Oratand of Godda district of Jharkhand, beheading of an old woman in Bajra village under Bajra PS of Ranchi, burning alive Mutari Baiin Targadi village under Etaki PS, murder on suspicion of witch by Gansu Singh in Japakapona village of Simdega district, murder of Asha Devi by Chopper in Jhujhri village under Kalayanpur PS of Samstipur in Bihar, cutting throat of Madhu Nayak of Mayurbhanj district in Orissa, feeding dung after saying a woman witch in Dahiyagira village of Rourkela, murder of Suryain sarang, the incident of making naked Noni ekka in Tesar village, beating of old Kumaidi Bai in Khelabh village under ketia PS of Badwani in MP, on suspicion of witch of rumali ben, Sanga ben, Keso ben made them walk in Village, Murder of Semwati Bai in Khalwara village of Mandla MP, Murder of Radhika in Badagar of Ambala and making naked a women in Budhna of Mujaffar Nagar and beating her binding in post Show the mirror to the society. We have informationof 71 murder out of 160 witchcraft cases in Chhattisgarh, Out of these incident there are cases of lashing of 14 years girl to 80 years old women. This are some examples which due toblind faith on suspicion of witch indicate lashing of women.
Our society has entered into 21 century. One the one hand it consider itself as modern on the other hand different kinds of superstition’s are rooted in society. The incident of lashing women on the name of witch is known as witchcraft. Witchcraft is a major superstition of the country superstition and witch-spell act causes women lashing at many places even now-a-days. There is a surprising thing in this connection is that far away from the light of literacy taking illiterate villager’s even educated people too believe on these to some extents. Women being made seapegoat of superstition incident of women lashing due to superstition are shame for educated society. There is still doubt in the mind of many educated men or citizen whether witch have some super natural power, whether they can harm others economically, physically and mentally. Whether witch has any miracle power. Is it the only way to drive away the alleged witch woman from village or murder her to same the villages from her witch spell people fulfill superstition propagating about witchcraft.
Even today the news related to lashing of women in the form of witch in newspapers and magazines draw our attention. Whereas many cases do not come into light Declaring a woman witch and lashing her physically, beating her, due to mental torture she has to either leave house and go out of village or she herself commit suicide or in many cases she is declared guilty and in murdered. Such incident of woman lashing happen mostly in villages and towns. Due to superstition the incidents of woman lashing in a matter of shame for civilized and educated society.
Before Independence education and health facilities were very less in the country. For education how how to go rules to attend school and colleges in villages and town for treatment villages held to depend on quake and exorcist. After independence the condition has improved to some extent. But even today due to old reorganization and value, in villages if a child suffer from fever , pain in stomach, anorexia, weeping in night, insomnia, less production of crop in village, less rainfall or too much drown- power, animal falling, death of animals for all kinds of odd situation villagers think that all these are due to witch craft and ill-sight. People waste their time and wealth going to exorcist and take emulate from them.
Exorcists begin to talk about witch craft and whole village begin to search the witch. The witch in the village due to whose witch craft the child has fallen ill, harvest has not produce as it should have been and there was loss in the business. There are same people in village who declared a woman witch. A propaganda in spread against the woman and slowly the villagers form against her. Many stories are said against the so called witch.
The women declared witch are belongs to generally poor family’s old, widow. Some times they are issueless (infertile) woman. There are few members in the so called witch women’s house. Poor and solitary woman are not capable to oppose collective planned conspiracy. First of all that woman in said to remove the ill which she brought on that family. Actually it is not possible for her ar because she has not done any thing and witch craft, slowly ill treatment in meted out to that woman she in lashed, beaten and than society boycotted and efforts are being made to her away from village. The news about such type of incident do not reach to our civilized society. Many incidents do not come into light. After publication these type of incidences in newspapers why not influence social consciousness and awareness.
Many type of rumors are spread due to blind faith. Don’t go to that woman otherwise she spell magic don’t take anything from her and eat children are taught such type talk. Children are frightened by these rumors . The artifice of spell load and being down the same will continue. If some one mischievously kept a piece of red clothes, chilly and lemon on some ones door, then the talk of witch craft start. The atmosphere of illusion and fear is created in villages and towns. The woman is declared witch and thus she is lashed and in this way the story end here. It is essential to imposed effective ban on woman lashing on the name of witch because even today there are many such villages where inspite of literacy and adult education people has blind faith on exorcists , magic and witch craft. No one claim to see destructive and miracle power. On the other hand all people help in propagation of rumors
There are some effective ways through which so called witch and witch lashing problem can a solved let us discuss on these ways. Since these cases mostly happen in villages, town and small towns, so there can be effective and active role of police, doctors, teachers village panchayat, social organization. If a case come into light solution of that case in possible. Kotwar, Serpanch should take local citizen the moment they get the news about witch lashing and by to solve the problem. If a man or a child fells ill in the village the patient should be treated by doctor because micro harmful germs causes illness or disease. If the disease is treated in early stage it can be completely cured. Villagers should not take help of exorcist for treatment of disease. There are other causes animal disease. Similarly there are natural causes for famine , less rainfall, flood, extreme hot and earthquake. All those are not due to miracle and evil spirit and power of a man or a woman. So to say a woman witch is wrong because the woman who herself in not able to profit her family, how can she be capable to harm others. Social activities should go to Panchayat, Town and they should tell the people truth. Media can also play effective role in it. Government should consider to impose ban on T.V. different channels which telecast the serial based on witches ghost spirit. The help of Panch, Doctors and teachers can be taken drama artists should convince people through drama that all men and women are equal in society. No one can harm others by so called miracle power. It such incidents come into light in inception then any woman of the society can be saved from the curse of being a witch. In this way blind faith can be uprooted from the society.