Witchcraft has earned a bad name in India: Wiccan exponent

Though witchcraft is a deep spiritual concept it has earned a bad name in India due to the practice of witch-hunting, Wiccan exponent Ispita Roy Chakraverti today said.
"Problem is most worrisome in states like Bihar, Bengal, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Rajasthan. It is paradoxical that West Bengal which worships Kali as the mother goddess and is the home of Durgapuja, should be so anti-women. In fact, Wicca takes both Kali and Durga as two manifestations of their patrol goddess," Chakraverti told a special audience of FICCI-FLO here.
There was no quarrel between science and mysticism, but what happens under the guise of mysticism in India is either hogwash or exploitation of the gullible, she said.

"I am trying to fight and eradicate superstition prevailing in the society", said Chakraverti in her lecture titled, 'The spirit of world and how does Wicca interact with it'.