Witch hunt and our impotent society

“On Tuesday(4 days back) in Daspur in West Midnapore district which is some 100 km far three women were branded as witches and lynched by villagers. According to the police, the problem started form Tuesday night, when the villagers of tribal-dominated Dubrajpur Village in Daspur identified three women – Phulmani Singh, her daughter Sombari alias Titli and her daughter-in-law Risha – as witches and asked them to leave the village. Police told that following their refusal to leave, a kangaroo court held them responsible for bringing in bad luck and misery to the village. The court declared them as witches and ordered they be lynched for the safety of the village.The police have arrested seven people so far for this incident.” The above news which came to me through one of the medias shook me badly. Are we so superstitious in this 21st century? It speaks of a complete jungle raj and failure on the part of the police in collection of intelligence.Maheshweta Devi had condemned the attack and lynching but she is perhaps one amongst them who brought bad omen and ill luck upon the entire State. I am not a political person and I am seeeing purely the entire matter from judicious point of view. I appeal to all members to opine whether the act of the villagers of our State who were killer can be justified on any ground. It is another KHAP panchayat which held kangaroo trials like Maoists and lynched them. The women members of our forum should raise their voice and debate over the issue. We are here to help the helpless and educate plus also learn from the members. There are 3 lessons to learn from a pencil 1.Every thing we do leaves a mark,2.Pain always sharpens our strength and 3.important is that what is inside us, not outside. Als there was not a single person with wisdom in that village to combat the illeterates because I feel that the most illeterate amongs them will either be in Assembly or Parliament. The latest english for a crowd or hordes of animals with regards to baboons has been invented as a parliament of baboons and not a group or crowd or hordes or shole of baboons.