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“Witch” hunt - desi ishtyle

By: Santosh :+: Under: Asides, Culture, Desi Ishtyle, Media Watch
On: ⋅ March 28, 2008 ⋅  Email this post ⋅  Print this post ⋅ Post a comment
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A man in Bihar named, Ram Ayodhya (Über Desi nomination for the holiest name), hired a “magician” to cure his wife and when her magic did not cure (imagine that), he accused her of black magic and collected a mob to rough her up. Besides the obvious superstitious and social angles to this story, CNN’s orientalist radar working overtime caught this story and put it on the CNN front page. [link]

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