Ooh………! The sighs would rise

Enter an exorcist.

The pooja  begins....

An hour later the magicians sprinkles some holy water on the woman, shouts and blows on her face (particularly potent technique in those pre- toothpaste days). He then slaps the ground with his palm, rings a bell, throws flowers and sacred ash on her, pointing a naked knife in her direction. (You can’t help wondering at this stage, which is actually possessed by the spirit.)

At this the woman starts to sway and shiver, and with a cry, she grabs the cane and begin to beat herself. After a few minutes of flagellation, the spirit cries out,” I shall go away and never trouble the woman again”. But as the spirit leaves her body, it bestows upon her this curse.’ she will remember nothing of her past. She will be like a baby, new to this world, ignorant of life and she will have to learn everything from scratch.

Kerala has come a long way. The buzzword, which has caught the fancy of the educated youth, is ‘information technology’ (I.T). There is hardly any office or institution (and now even houses), which does not have a computer. Everything is infact made cyber. And you might say those stories of exorcism or a possession does not take place these days. But I have my own doubts! I began to wonder about it, recently when my computer came the attack of virus.