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‘The Hunt’ is a story of a rural tribal woman from India. Her name is Mary. She is harassed and stalked by a male logging contractor named Tehsildar who earlier came to her village to buy logging rights. He grows lustful of her. She resists his sexual advances. In an act of self-preservation later on, she turns predator and murders him. In the [...]

This is a story of gender in the Hebrew bible. The benchmarks of gender stereotypes, as well as gender politics and situations when gender rears its ugly head are found in this Judges story. More than a story of gender, this is a statement on gender. Sisera, a Canaanite commander, is the quintessential male warrior. His chariots had been his pride [...]