"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.