Posted on 03/10/2005 10:10:44 PM PST by ambrose
'Nymphomaniac' paraded naked in UP
Alka Rastogi
Lucknow, March 7, 2005
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A woman, branded nymphomaniac by a local tantrik, was stripped naked, tarred, her head shaved and paraded naked on a donkey in Chandpur under Sarai Aqueel police station of Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambhi district.
Known as Shastriji, the tantrik reportedly told his congregation that 17-year-old Usha had an insatiable sexual appetite and had slept with innumerable men. He said the teenager would continue to bed other men unless she was burnt alive on the stake for her infractions.
To make matters worse, Shastriji also held Usha responsible for the murder of a 5-year-old whose body was discovered in a pond some days ago. Claiming that he had seen the gruesome killing reenacted in a tumbler of mustard oil, the tantrik convinced everyone of Usha's guilt. She was subsequently denounced as a witch.
While many of the locals had made up their minds to consign Usha to the flames, what saved her was dissension from a section of the crowd. As a compromise, it was decided to publicly humiliate the girl by taking out a procession in which she would be carried naked. Usha's tormentors even shelled out money from their own pockets to hire a donkey and go through with their cruel plan.
Five people have so far been arrested in this connection. The charges against them include forcing a girl to strip, obscenity at a public place and assaulting her with canes. Vijay, Amarnath, Rajendra and Shyam Sunder are among those currently in police custody.
The local populace however hasn't taken kindly to the police action. Usha, they still believe, is a witch whom they had every right to attack. Although police say the child most likely drowned since the post-mortem report shows no external injury marks, no one seems willing to accept that explanation.
Senior police officials including the Sub-Divisional Magistrate are camping in the area to diffuse the situation following angry protests against the five arrests.
"What?...he got a whitieplasty???...."
Is that, like, Michelle Jackson and her all-white member? How disgustipating. Someone needs to tell her she's a GUY!
Just give me that old time religion!
Regarding the post, it could have been worse. The Tantric "priest" wanted the girl killed but some of the villagers managed to just get her stripped, shaved, tarred, and led around on a donkey. Must be a primitive form of community service. Of course, if the village had been muslim they'd have stoned the girl or gang raped her to "teach a lesson".
"Regarding the post, it could have been worse. The Tantric "priest" wanted the girl killed but some of the villagers managed to just get her stripped, shaved, tarred, and led around on a donkey. Must be a primitive form of community service. Of course, if the village had been muslim they'd have stoned the girl or gang raped her to "teach a lesson"."
Don't bet your life on that. If you haven't been there, don't talk like you know the whys and wherefores.
Opinions are like belly buttons: everyone has one.
Please tell us of your many years spent in Uttar Predesh.
"Please tell us of your many years spent in Uttar Predesh."
Why? To give you testerone fodder? I think not.
Warning, the episode of South Park you reverence is hard to sit through, especially at the beginning. They're very detailed about the surgeries.
I agreeand if needed she can stay at my safe house until she is overt he trauma :-)
The article stated that a Tantric denounced a seventeen year old girl as a raving nymphomaniac, witch, and murderess. All of that (except maybe the "witch") part could of course be completely true. Hillary Clinton has been described in those terms (except maybe the "nymphomaniac" part) here at this site on many occasions. But given the choice between assuming a) an underage girl is evil incarnate or b) there's a crazed Tantric on a tear, I'll opt for the latter.
Oh, and by the way, I've never been to Uttar Pradesh but I have been to Mumbai, Delhi, Patiala, Indore, and Agra. If you're saying my comment about the "stoning or raping the girl to send a message" was a slur against the peace loving muslims of the sub-continent, then I suggest you pick up a newspaper. There are stories like that coming out of Pakistan on practically a daily basis.
Jeez...are we touchy this morning or what? Go get some coffee and chill out, dude.
I can form my own opinions on what is printed. Unlike folks on the DU threads...
don't talk like you know the whys and wherefores.
My bad. I didn't realize only YOU were permitted opinions.
Stand down, GI. Have some coffee and chill out. Y'all are gettin' yer shorts all twisted over nuthin'.
That's the funniest thing I've read in a long time!! You get "Post of the Day"!!!!
So what exactly did this guy see in the mustard oil. And, where can I get some before the FCC starts to regulate that as well.
Some people look at mustard oil and say, "Why?" -- a real Tantrik looks at mustard oil and says "Why not?"
Of course you can. I just honestly wasn't sure what you meant by what you wrote and guessed that you were put off by my bad jokes about either or both Hindu mystics and Muslim mobs. So, typically, I made a few more. No offense was taken or intended.
No harm, no foul.
LOL! That is what I thought at first.
My goodness, Monkey Face, I re-read my post and your post
and still don't get how you'd think that I thought that you were my enemy! I was just responding to your comment that the folks in Usha's village were "raised in superstition and ignorance," with the implication that somehow we do so much better in this country. You and I just had different ways of looking at the same picture, which to me is the point of a discussion group anyway. I appreciated your responding, though...have a great night!
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