On October 23, 2017, television viewers in Tamil Nadu witnessed a horrific scene—four figures stumbled on a busy street, their silhouettes stark against the flames that outlined their bodies. One was a petite woman, her limbs frozen mid-air in pain. Another was a child, barely five years old, standing still as a fire consumed her body. The third was just a baby, crawling on the floor as people desperately threw water at her. They had all been set on fire by Esakkimuthu, a 30-year-old farm w