Witch Hunting CWDS Library Reading Lists Series; 13

Witch Hunting

May 2009

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Part I

Books, Mimeo Papers/ Reports and Conferences/ Seminars/ Workshops Papers/ Reports

2 001 Barman, Mita Persecution of women: widows and witches p.171-172 IN Women in difficult circumstances: summaries of research.- New Delhi: The Institute,2008. xvi, 202p. 364.153 NAT.W 12310

002 Bosu Mullick, Samar Gender relations and witches among the indigenous communities of Jharkhand, India p. 119-146 IN Gender relations in forest societies in Asia: patriarchy at odds/ed. by Govind Kelkar, Dev Nathan and Pierre Walter. - New Delhi: Sage,2003. 325p. 333.7(5)GEN 10902

003 Bitiya Murmoo Jharkhand mein mahila-hatya ki ek sajish: dayan-pratha p. 66-69 IN Jharkhand ki mahilaein/ed. by Renu Dewan. - Patna: The Academy,2004. iv, 126p. 305.42(5412)BIH.J 12173

004 Carrin, Marine Women, adivasis, subalterns: perspectives on the empowerment of Santals women p. 281-301 IN Recent studies on Indian women: empirical work of social scientists/ed. by Kamal K. Misra and Janet Huber Lowry. - Jaipur: Rawat,2007. vi, 461p. 305.422 REC 11854

005 Chatterji, Jyotsna Challenging witchcraft and cultural and custody practices p. 227-234 IN Living death: trauma of widowhood in India/ed. by V. Mohini Giri. - New Delhi: Gyan,2002. 263p. 305.48 LIV 10167

006 Chaudhuri, A B Witch killings amongst Santals.- New Delhi: Ashish,1984. 229p. 307.7 CHA.W 3013

007 Crooke, W Races of northern India.- Delhi: Cosmo,1973. p.246-262 -(The native races of India) 305.8 (541)CRO.R 2263

3 008 Gaur, Meena Sati and social reforms in India.- Jaipur: Publication Scheme,1989. p.67-82 393.9 GAU.S 3864

009 Haldar, Niranjan How long the killings of women stigmatised as witches continues ? Paper 7 IN Workshop on Women Heritage and Violence (1993: Calcutta). Organised by Jadavpur University. February. 10-11, 1993 CD-517

010 Kapur, Sohaila Witchcraft in Western India.- New Delhi: Orient Longman,1983. 146p. 364.188(547)KAP.W 2154

011 Marwick, M G The study of witch craft p.231-244 IN The craft of social Anthropology/ed. by A.L.Epstein.- Delhi: Hindustan,1979. xxiv, 274p. 301 EPS.C 2320

012 Mathur, Kanchan Witchcraft, witches and social exclusion p.285-303 IN Family violence in India: human rights, issues, actions and international comparisons/ed. by Swati Shirwadkar. - Jaipur: Rawat,2009. xii, 484p. 364.1555 FAM 12445

013 Mathur, Kanchan Local customs and practices in Rajasthan and their impact on women: an in-depth study of dakan/dayan(witches) p.169-170 IN Women in difficult circumstances: summaries of research.- New Delhi: The Institute,2008. xvi, 202p. 364.153 NAT.W 12310

014 Mishra, Archana Casting the evil eye: witch trials in tribal India.- New Delhi: Roli,2003. xi, 204p.-(Namita Gokhale Editions) 364.188 MIS.C 10879

4 015 Mishra, Archana Casting the evil eye: witch trials in tribal India. p.167-168 IN National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development Women in difficult circumstances: summaries of research.- New Delhi: The Institute,2008. xvi, 202p. 364.153 NAT.W 12310

016 Nathan, Dev Women as witches and keepers of demons: changing gender relations in adivasi communities /by Dev Nathan and Govind Kelkar p. 67-82 IN The violence of normal times: essays on women's lived realities/ed. by Kalpana Kannabiran. - New Delhi: Women Unlimited,2005. xii, 386p. 364.153 VIO 11736

017 Roper, Lyndal Extracts from oedipus and the devil: witchcraft, sexuality and religion in early modern Europe p.149-160 IN Gender and history in Western Europe/ed. by Robert Shoemaker and Mary Vincent. - London: Arnold,1998. ix, 388p. 305.421(4) GEN 8159

018 Roy, Puja Sanctioned violence: development and the persecution of women as witches in South Bihar p.96-111 IN Development with women/ed. by Deborah Eade. - Oxford: Oxfam, 1999. 208p.- (Development in Practice Readers) Selected essays from development in practice (Journal) 305.425 DEV 9074

019 Somesh Kumar Witch hunting: a blatant violation of women’s rights p.173-174 IN Women in difficult circumstances: summaries of research.- New Delhi: The Institute,2008. xvi, 202p. 364.153 NAT.W 12310

020 Speaking tree, women speak Asia-Pacific public hearing on crimes against women related to violence of development.- Bangalore: Vimochana, 1995. p.42-46 364.153 SPE 6610

021 Tellis Nayak, Jessie B Institutionalized violence against girl child in different cultures p.47-69 IN Girl child and family violence/ed. by Promilla Kapur. - New Delhi: Har-Anand,1993.

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022 Wiesner, Merry E Women and gender in early modern Europe.- Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,1993. p.218-238-(New approaches to European History) 305.4(4)WIE.W 5903

023 Witch-hunting in India Paper 6 IN National Consultation on the Second NGO Alternative Report on CEDAW (2004: New Delhi) Organised by National Alliance of Women, November 25-27, 2004. CD-731.7

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Part II

Newspapers/ Periodicals Articles

7 024 3 Women beaten for witch craft Telegraph. 8March; 1994.p.8

025 Award for film on witch-hunting Times of India. 27 December; 1994.p.3

026 Bairva, Chanda Lal Dayan ka dansh jhelti dalit mahila Hashiye ki Aawaz. 3(7); July 2008. p.10-12

027 Balchand, K Torture of dalit women rocks assembly Hindu. 29 March; 2008. p.13

028 Bazaz, Dyuti Witch hunting woes From the Lawyers Collective . 18(2); February 2003. p. 26-27

029 Bhaskar, Sandeep Victims of dogmas Deccan Herald. 29 March; 2009. p.6

030 Bhattacharjee,Swati A legacy of terror Telegarph . 2 June;1994.p.20

031 Bhowmick, Madhushree C Lack of laws Ojhas free hand Telegraph. 3 November; 1995.p.9

032 Bhowmick, Madhushree C Tribal leaders to oppose Bihar Bill on 'witches' Telegraph. 4 November; 1995

033 Biswas, Rudra Two witches paraded nude over land dispute in Gumla district Telegraph. 3 October; 2000. p.19

8 034 Bosu Mullick, Samar Gender relations and witches among the indigenous communities of Jharkhand, India Gender Technology and Development. 4(3); September-December 2000. p.333-358

035 Brown, Derek Stop witch-hunting Rabin tells PLO Telegraph. 16 June;1994.p.4

036 Chakraborty, Sujit and Chatterjee, Samit Scapegoat Statesman. 3 January;1999.p.1,2

037 Chaturvedi, Pankaj Andhavishvas ki bhaint chadati aurat Niti Marg. 3(25); 1-7 September; 2001. p.7,9

038 Chopra, Anuj Fatal spells Grassroots: Reporting the Human Condition . 6(8); August 2005. p. 8

039 Dark shadow of witchcraft: human rights under threat Human Touch. 2(7); July 2005. p. 25-27

040 Das, Prafulla Witch-hunts in Orissa Frontline. 22(11); 21 May - 3 June; 2005. p. 41-43

041 Dasgupta, Rajashri When reason sleeps and spirits rule Telegraph (Mag.). 8 October; 2000. p.III

042 Dhar, Aarti `Tonhi' a misnomer for vulnerable women Hindu. 19 December; 2001. p.9

043 Ghosh, Avijit Any witch way Pioneer (Agenda). 28 December; 1997.p.3

9 044 Golooba-Mutebi, Freederick Witchcraft, social cohesion and participation in a South African village Development and Change. 36(5); September 2005. p. 937-958

045 Gusai, Yojna Tribal witch hunts for personal grudges Asian Age. 8 September; 2008. p.5

046 Gutierrez, Ramon A Women on top: the love magic of the Indian witches of New Mexico Journal of the History of Sexuality. 16(3); September 2007. p.373-390

047 Hariharan, Githa Khemi and her kind Telegraph. 25 May; 2008. p.10

048 Heart of darkness: A band of crusaders prods the state to punish those exploiting superstition, another tries to reinstate a victim. Statesman. 23 June; 1996.p.2.

049 Joshi,S Witch hunting Hindustan Times. 6 March;1994.p.7

050 Kakade, Onkar Bhanamathi terror again Deccan Herald. 6 December; 1996.p.17

051 Kohli, Namita The witch of Ranichacho Hindustan Times. 21 September; 2008. p.15

052 Kumar, Shiela Beloved witch Deccan Herald. 29 April; 2000.p.IV

053 Maley, Melissa Witch trials, sexuality feminist theology CWR Newsletter. May 1995. p.1-2

10 054 Mallick, Ata Witch-hunting in 1857 Economic and Political Weekly. 43(39); 27 September-3 October 2008. p.118-122

055 Manimala Witch-hunt Illustrated Weekly of India . 1 May; 1988. p.20-23

056 Munshi, Indira Women and forest: a study of the Warlis of Western India Gender Technology and Development. 5(2); May-August 2001. p.177-198

057 Nagi, Saroj Tackle 'witch-hunt': NCW Hindustan Times. 25 December; 2004. p. 15

058 Nathan, Dev and Kelkar, Govind Women as witches and keepers of demons: cross-cultural analysis of struggles to change gender relations Economic and Political Weekly. 33(44); 31 October-6 November 1998.p.ws-59-69

059 Oza, Nandini It's so easy to be branded a witch Deccan Herald (Sun. Mag.). 1 February; 2004. p. 1

060 Panicker, Ajay Woman branded witch, lives in fear Indian Express (Newsline). 24 August; 2001. p.1,4

061 Patel, Ratan On road to a new life Deccan Herald. 24 December; 1995.p.3.

062 Patowary, Digambar Witchcraft in Assam school curricula? Hindustan Times. 21 November; 2008. p.15

063 Paul, Prasanta The witch hunt Deccan Herald (Sun.Mag). 25 November; 2001. p.1

11 064 Prasad, Manoj and Gupta Kashyap, Samudra Two dalit widows branded witches,one dies after 'torture' Indian Express . 14 September;2000. p.5

065 Prasad, Manoj Witches' recount a tragic tale of persecution Indian Express . 28 May; 1996.p.5

066 Pregnant woman branded witch, tortured Hindu. 2 September; 1995.p.2

067 Rastogi, Anubha The practice of witch hunting in the tribal belts of Jharkhand- a public hearing Women’s Watch . No. 1; 2008. p.6-11

068 Rathod, Dinesh Too wise to fool Deccan Herald. 26 March; 1995.p.5

069 Ray, Mihir Witch hunters of Orissa Times of India. 11 August; 2005. p. 11

070 Satish Kumar Agents of death Sopan Step . 2(3); March 2006. p. 42-43

071 Satish Kumar Social skulduggery Deccan Herald. 6 December; 1996.p.17,20

072 Sau, Ranjit Recognition to witchcraft Economic and Political Weekly. 38(51-52); 27 December 2003 - 2 January 2004. p. 5325-5326

073 Sawhney, Anubha The great Indian witch-hunt Times of India (Sun.Mag.). 12 November; 2006. p.15

12 074 Sen, Amreeta Control through superstition Statesman (Imp.). 25 July; 1999.p.6

075 Sen, Partha 'Witch' killings in Dinajpur Frontier . 30(6); 13 September 1997.p.12-13

076 Shakilur Rahman Of naked parades and evil truth Pioneer . 8 December; 2000.

077 Shukla, Ranjana Jharkhand mein dayan pratha ke khilaf abhiyaan Nari Samvad . No. 64-65; September-December 2007. p.8-9

078 Sinha, Ravi R Focus on problems of witches Deccan Herald. 23 December; 1999.p.10

079 Skaria, Ajay Women, witchcraft and gratuitous violence in colonial Western India Past and Present . No. 155; May 1997. p. 109-141

080 Somesh Kumar In Bihar witchhunting is not just a metaphor Exchanges . No.18, September 1997.p.5

081 Sundar, Nandini Divining evil: the state and witchcraft in Bastar Gender, Technology and Development . 5(3); September-December 2001. p.425-448

082 Unnithan, Sandeep and Kaushal, Rakhee She was her mother; not ghost Indian Express . 7 June1994. p.3

083 Upadhyay, Navin Where Menjo is not the only branded witch Pioneer . 16 October; 1995.p.1+6

13 084 Upadhyay, Navin Witch hunt Pioneer (Mag). 27 August; 2000.p.9

085 Upadhyay, Navin Witch-hunt in Bihar carries on Pioneer . 29 October; 1995.p.8

086 Upadhyay, Navin Witch-hunting as a 'craft' Pioneer . 1 September; 2000.p.6

087 Upadhyay, Navin Woman stripped, forced to swallow shit Pioneer . 21 April 1999.p.5

088 Vaasavi Daayan ki pratha se jude sawarth Niti Marg . 5(24); 1-15 March 2004. p. 42-45

089 Vajpeyi, Yogesh If they hate her guts, they call her a witch Indian Express . 3 September; 2000.p.1,9

090 Witchcraft and sorcery in Rangareddi district Atheist . 28(5); May 2002. p.4-6

091 The witching hour: branded women from a medieval time zone mock modern India Indian Express . 5 September; 2000.p.8

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