The Scarlet Woman and the Thugs

In your book, the people who worship Kali have been responsible for 2 million ritual murders and their calls. The word thug comes from this famous Hindu cult of mass murderers who killed people as a sacrifice to her. Another thing about goddess worship is that it is always linked with temple prostitution. So this is not a liberating thing for a woman kind of to be, you know, a vestal virgin or something like that.