Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Monday, April 12, 2010
WOMEN ASSAULT: Superstition Responsible To Promote 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
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
iquZtUe ds fdLls vfo'oluh;
^^iquZtUe** dks ysdj vke yksxksa ds eu esa dkQh mRlqdrk jgrh gSA pwafd iquZtUe ds laca/k esa fo'oHkj esa cgqr ls fdLls dgkfu;kWa izpfyr gS] ftlesa jgL;] jksekap] izse] gR;k iwoZ tUe dk cnyk ysus rd dh ?kVuk,a gSA dqN /kkfeZd xzUFkksa esa rks bls ekU;rk Hkh ns nh xbZ gS ij foKku dk er bl laca/k esa ges'kk fHkUu jgka gSA D;ksafd foKku dgh&lquh ckrksa ij ugha cfYd izek.kksa o okLrfodrk ij fo'okl djrk gSA ;g ckr vyx gS fd iquZtUe dh dkYifud dFkkvksa dks vk/kkj ekudj cgqr lh fQYesa cuh gS rFkk os fgV Hkh gqbZ gS ij iwoZ tUe dh okLrfodrk dks ysdj yksxksa ds eu esa loky vkt Hkh dk;e gSA
fiNys dqN fnuksa ls ,d Vh-oh- pSuy ,u-Mh- besftu ij iquZtUe ij vk/kkfjr ,d lhfj;y izlkfjr gks jgk gSA ftlesa dqN ukeh fxjkeh gfLr;ksa us Hkh Hkkx fy;k rFkk ,d dfFkr fpfdRld us mUgsa fiNys tUe esa ys tkus dh ckr dgh mu gfLr;ksa us dgk os vius fiNys tUe esa izos'k dj x;h gS rFkk mUgsa fiNys tUe ds jkt irk py jgs gSA lkFk gh ,d ¶yS'kcSd esa fQYe cuk dj fn[kk;h tkrh gS ftlss ml O;fDr ds fj'rsnkj] fe= LVwfM;ks esa cSBs ns[krs gS rFkk n'kZd vius ?kjks ij Vh-oh- esa ns[krk gS /kkjkokfgd esa ,slk ekgkSy cuk;k tkrk gS og O;fDr vius fiNys tUe esa bl 'kjhj ds lkFk igqap pqdk gS rFkk og vius jkt crkrs tk jgk gS mls bl tUe esa tks Hkh Mj gS] chekjh gS] og lc fiNys tUe esa ?kVh fdlh ?kVuk ds dkj.k gSA ;fn og ikuh ls Mjrk gS rks fiNys tUe ds dkj.k gh gS] ;fn og vkx ls Mjrk gS rks og Mj Hkh fiNys tUe ds dkj.k gh gSA ;fn og ijh{kk esa ikl Hkh ugha gksrk gS rks og Hkh fiNys tUe esa i<+kbZ esa detksj gksus ds dkj.k gSA ekuks bl tUe ds nq[k&nnZ lc fiNys tUe ds dkj.k gS rFkk ;g jkt crkus ls og Bhd gks tkosxkA lhfj;y dk ,adj var esa ml izfrHkkxh dks ,d dop Hkh nsrk gS fd ;g peRdkfjd dop mldh cqjh 'kfDr;ksa ls j{kk djsxkA blds ckn fcykliqj dh ,d efgyk us ,d izknsf'kd pSuy esa ;g nkok fd;k fd os Hkh fiNys dqN o"kksZ ls yksxksa ds iwoZ tUe dk jkt crkrh gS o mudk bykt djrh gS rFkk mudh leL;kvksa ls eqfDr fnykrh gSA vHkh eq>s irk pyk fd jk;iqj] eqEcbZ tSls vusd 'kgjks esa jkrks&jkr ,sls fo'ks"kK] laLFkku [qky x;s gS tks yksxksa dks iwoZ tUe dh ;kn ds vk/kkj ij bykt djus leL;kvksa dk lek/kku djus dk nkok djus dk foKkiu [kqysvke dj jgs gSA ns[krs gh ns[krs dqN fnuksa ds vanj gh iwoZ tUe dk jgL;] jkt crkus] tkuus] fo'ys"k.k djus okys fo'ks"kKksa dh ubZ ubZ nqdkusa lt xbZ gSA Vh-oh- esa fn[kk;s tk jgs ,sls dkYifud /kkjkokfgd ns'k esa fdl dnj va/kfo'okl rFkk Hkze QSyk ldrs gSA ;g flQZ mldh ,d felky Hkj gSA
foKku dk ekuuk gS fd ,d lk/kkj.k lh ckr gS fd ;fn fdlh O;fDr dh e`R;q gks tkrh gS rks mlds efLr"d dh gtkjks&yk[kksa dksf'kdkvksa esa lafpr thou Hkj dh Le`fr;ka] iqjkuh ;knnk'r lekIr gks tkrh gS] mldk dksbZ ukeksfu'kku ugha jg tkrk gSA dHkh dHkh rks tc O;fDr czsu gsejst] flj dh pksV] czsu V~;wej] euksjksx ls Hkh ihfM+r gks tkrk gS rc Hkh mldh ;knnk'r pyh tkrh gSA tc fdlh O;fDr dh e`R;q ds ckn vafre laLdkj dj fn;k tkrk gS rc mlds 'kjhj ckdh vaxks dh rjg mldk efLr"d Hkh fo?kfVr gks tkrk gS rks mldh lafpr ;knsa fdl izdkj fdlh nwljs tUe esa fdl O;fDr esa fQj ls igaqp ldrh gSA tc dksbZ f'k'kq dgha tUe ysrk gS rks mldk fnekx ,d dksjh LysV dh rjg gksrk gS ftlesa mlds ikyd] NksVh ls NksVh ckrsa fl[kkdj lafpr djrs gSA og ckr djuk fy[kus] i<+us] diM+s ifguus] [kkus ihus ls ysdj dke&dkt rd lekt esa jgdj fofHkUu O;fDr;ksa ls lh[krk gSA cpiu ls ysdj var rd mldk efLr"d djksM+ks lwpuk,a lafpr djrk gS ftlesa ls dqN Lo;a ds vuqHko ij vk/kkfjr gksrh gS rks dqN i<+us&fy[kus] ns[kus] lquus ls lafpr dh gqbZ gksrh gSA blesa fdlh dh Le`fr igys dh ;k fiNys tUe dh ugha gksrh gSA ,d cPpk NksVs ls cM+k gksrk gS] iks"k.k izkIr djrk gS] c<+rk gS] Lo;a dk O;fDrRo fodflr djrk gSA bl izdkj ;g pØ pyrk gSA blesa ,slk ugha gksrk fd dksbZ O;fDr@cPpk tUe ls gh iw.kZ f'kf{kr gks ;k vuqHkoh gks] rduhdh fo'ks"krk j[krk gksA og rks /khjs /khjs fodkl dh ,d&,d lh<+h r; djrk gS] cksyuk] mBuk] cSBuk] pyuk] nkSM+uk] Hkkxuk lh[krk gSA ?kj esa ikydksa ls] Ldwy] dkWyst tkdj f'k{kdks ls Kku izkIr djrk gS] dqN f'k{kk O;ogkfjd thou esa feyrh gS o ,d iwjk ,d O;fDrRo
,d ckr vkSj D;k lHkh O;fDr ftuds iwoZ tue ds ckjs esa ckrs dh tkrh gS D;k igys Hkh euq"; jgs gks gksaxsA D;k orZeku thfor efgyk fiNys tUe esa Hkh efgyk jgh gksxh rFkk orZeku esa thfor iq:"k Hkh fiNys tUe esa iq:"k jgk gksxkA ;fn D;k lHkh thfor izkf.k;ks esa Hkh iquZtUe gksrk gS] lalkj esa dhM+s] edksM+ksa] i'kq&if{k;ksa] tkuojks ds yk[kksa tkfr;ka gS D;k mudk Hkh iquZtUe gksrk jgsxkA iquZtUe ij vk/kkfjr dfFkr fpfdRlk i}fr ikLV ykbZQ fjxzs'ku fFkjsih dk u gh dksbZ oSKkfud vk/kkj gS rFkk u gh esfMdy lkbal esa bls fdlh Hkh fpfdRlk i}fr esa Lohdkj fd;k x;k gSA iquZtUe ds :i esa izpkfjr ekeyksa dk tc oSKkfudksa us ckjhdh ls v/;;u fd;k rc os lHkh QthZ o cukoVh fudys ftlesa muds ifjtuksa dk Hkh gkFk lkfcr gqvkA ;fn iquZtUe gksrk rks D;k fdlh izk.kh dk Dyksu cukuk laHko gksrkA oSKkfudksa us Dyksu cukdj rks e`r izk.kh dh vkRek dks nwljs 'kjhj esa tkus fl)kar dks xyr lkfcr dj fn;k gS D;ksafd ,d gh le; thfor izk.kh dk Dyksu cuk;k tk ldrk gS rFkk nksuksa gh thfor jgrs gSA nksuksa gh ,d le; esa lfØ; jgrs gSA bu lc ckrksa ls Vh-oh- o lhfj;y cukus okyksa dk dksbZ eryc ugha gksrk] mudk /;s; rks euksjatu ds uke ij yksxksa dks dksbZ Hkh luluh QSykus okyk dk;ZØe cukuk gS] pkgs mlls yksxksa esa va/kfo'okl c<+s ;k Hkze QSysA
foKku ,oa vk/kqfud rduhd dh cSlk[kh ij lokj ehfM;k dh ftEesnkjh vke yksxksa esa oSKkfud n`f"Vdks.k dks fodflr djuk Hkh gS ;g mls /;ku j[kuk pkfg,A
iquZtUe ij vk/kkfjr /kkjkokfgd va/kfo'okl c<+kus okyk & MkW- fnus'k feJ
va/kJ)k fuewZyu lfefr ds v/;{k MkW- fnus'k feJ us dgk ,d Vh-oh- pSuy ,u-Mh- besftu ij izlkfjr gksus okyk /kkjkokfgd ^^jkt fiNys tUe dk** vke turk esa va/kfo'okl o Hkze c<+kus okyk gS] ,sls /kkjkokfgd can gksus pkfg,A
MkW- fnus'k feJ us dgk & fdlh Hkh O;fDr dh e`R;q ds lkFk mldh psruk] ;knnk'r lekIr gks tkrh gS rFkk e`r O;fDr dk vafre laLdkj djus ls O;fDr 'kkjhfjd vaxks ds lkFk mldk efLr"d Hkh lekIr gks tkrk gSA blfy;s mlds thoudky dh Le`fr;ksa] mlds vuqHkoksa dks ckn esa tUesa fdlh O;fDr ds ek/;e ls dgykus dh ckr voSKkfud gSA ogha nwljh vksj tc dksbZ f'k'kq dgha tUe ysrk gS rc mldh Le`fr ,d dksjh LysV dh rjg gksrh gS ftlesa dqN vafdr ugha gksrkA tc f'k'kq /khjs /khjs c<+us yxrk gS rks thou esa gksus okyh fofHkUu ?kVuk,a mlds efLr"d iVy esa Le`fr ds :i esa vafdr gksus yxrh gS mldk fdlh O;fDr] oLrq] ?kVuk ds izfr Hk;] Mj Hkh mlds vpsru eu esa vafdr gksrk jgrk gS tks le; vkus ij izdV gksrk gSA oSls Hkh dksbZ O;fDr vdsys cSBdj fcuk fdlh lEeksgu ds Hkh viuh iqjkuh ls iqjkuh Le`fr;ksa dks ;kn dj ldrk gSA blfy;s gesa vius cpiu dh NksVh ls NksVh lh ?kVuk,a Hkh ;kn jgrh gS] ij os lc Le`fr;ka fiNys tUe dh ugha cfYd blh thoudky dh gksrh gS tSls dksbZ cPpk ,d ckj vkx esa vius gkFk tyk ysrk gS rks og vkx ds utnhd tkus Hkh Mjus yxus yxrk gS] dksbZ dksbZ ;fn dHkh unh] rkykc esa Mwcrs Mwcrs cp x;k gks rks og ges'kk ds fy;s ikuh esa rSjus ls Mjus yxrk gSA ;g lc O;fDr ds vuqHko ls gh ;knksa ds :i esa laxzfgr gks tkrk gSA tcfd mDr pSuy esa izlkfjr mDr /kkjkokfgd esa bu ?kVukvksa dks iwoZ tUe ls tksM rksM+ dj iznf'kZr fd;k tk jgk gS tks lansgkLin gksus ds lkFk gkL;kLin Hkh gSA
MkW-feJ us dgk fd iquZtUe ij vk/kkfjr dfFkr fpfdRlk i}fr ikLV ykbZQ fjxzs'ku fFkjsih dk u gh dksbZ oSKkfud vk/kkj gS rFkk u gh esfMdy lkbal esa bls fdlh Hkh fpfdRlk i}fr esa Lohdkj fd;k x;k gSA iquZtUe ds :i esa izpkfjr ekeyksa dk tc oSKkfudksa us ckjhdh ls v/;;u fd;k rc os lHkh QthZ o cukoVh fudys ftlesa muds ifjtuksa dk Hkh gkFk lkfcr gqvkA oSKkfudksa us Dyksu cukdj e`r izk.kh dh vkRek ds nwljs 'kjhj esa tkus ds fl)kar dks gh xyr lkfcr dj fn;k gS D;ksafd thfor izk.kh dk Dyksu cuk;k tk ldrk gS rFkk ,d gh le; esa nksuksa gh thfor jgrs gS rFkk ,d gh le; esa nksuksa lfØ; gksrs gSA
MkW-feJ us dgk ;g Vsyhfotu /kkjkokfgd iwjh rjg ls cukoVh gS rFkk blesa tks Hkh fn[kk;k tk jgk gS mlesa fcydqy lPpkbZ ugha gS ,sls dk;ZØeksa ls yksx Hkzfer gksrs gSa rFkk va/kfo'okl esa iM+ tkrs gSA bl dk;ZØe ds izlkj.k ds ckn eqEcbZ] jk;iqj lfgr vusd uxjksa esa jkrks&jkr ,sls dfFkr fpfdRlk dsUnz [kqy jgs gS tks foKkiuksa }kjk Lo;a dks iwoZ tUe ds jgL;ksa ds chekfj;ksa ds bykt dk nkok dj jgs gS] tks Hkh xSj dkuwuh gSA MkW- feJ us dsUnz ljdkj ls ekax dh gS Hkze o va/kfo'okl QSykus okys ,sls /kkjkokfgd dks can fd;k tkosA
Email: dr.dineshmishra@gmail.com





