“The Hindus: An Alternative History,” by Wendy Doniger, a professor of religion
at the University of Chicago, was pulled by Penguin Books India after a
four-year legal battle that began when the Hindu nationalist group Shiksha
Bachao Andolan filed a suit against the publisher in 2011, claiming the book
disparaged Hinduism and comprised “deliberate and malicious acts intended to
outrage religious feelings.” Penguin will withdraw the book from Indian shelves
within six months, and destroy any unsold or recalled copies of the book at its
own expense. This is the latest in a worrying development that has seen
religious groups successfully ban titles - including an exposé of Gandhi. India
is in theory a secular society. Let's hope the secularists are able to fight
back and win.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_books_banned_in_India
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_books_banned_in_India
