Mukhopadhyay, Rajat Subhra2025-10-1620252348-6538https://ir.nbu.ac.in/handle/123456789/5635The present paper gives an account of the still existing practice of witch-hunting found among the Adivasis in three districts of North Bengal, namely Malda, Uttar Dinajpur and Dakshin Dinajpur. Based on interviews, case studies and other sets of supplementary data obtained from secondary sources, the paper examines the problem of witch-hunting among the Adivasis in the area from a gender perspective while recording the incidents of violence against women.enWitchWitch-huntingEvil eyePersecution of womenViolence against women.Article