Walter, The best possible option of the present will be aid and rehabilitation.
The plight of the woman of Europe in the medieval periods under tyrannical Popes was similar. The clergy branded all the herbal healers, palmists, astrologers , clairvoyants and some meditators all as 'witches' and condemned them to be burnt. Thus came the term 'witch hunt'. The 13 lakh unfortunate women suffered that cruel fate on a 13 th of a month and you can see the 13 th still counted as unlucky in Europe. The same missionaries carried their superstitions into India Harijan Venkat
