“Woman
suspected of witch-powers, gang raped and killed by mob” – not a very uncommon
headline, isn’t it? In fact it is not too shocking either, even in this twenty
first century. No, it does not make for any big breaking news, such reports.
They don’t even feature on the front page, which are preserved for politicians.
This kind of news barely find a place in a small corner of page 6 or 7 of our
daily papers, and we get over them by the time we have finished our cup of
morning tea, concentrating on the sports page, or better still, the page 3
celebrities.
However,
today we are going to listen to a story. A story of a witch. A story from
history. A story of suppression. And a story of a revolution. As I just said, a
story of a witch. A witch, named Hypatia.
