Re: [FairfieldLife] Temperature in India reach Fahrenheit 451
On 2/22/2014 9:17 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: Because if they'd been active, India wouldn't have banned a book critical of Hinduism? In his mind, because the TMers were asleep the book got banned in India? Or, if they had been awake the book would have been read in India? But, at 800 pages and $30 US , I doubt anyone in India will be reading the book. I read part of it at my local library a few years ago. It turned out to be not an alternative history of India, but an alternative bias against India. Which just goes to show I guess, that having two Ph.D.s doesn't mean you can write an objective book about India. Go figure.
[FairfieldLife] Temperature in India reach Fahrenheit 451
“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
Re: [FairfieldLife] Temperature in India reach Fahrenheit 451
I guess the TM pundits and yogic flyers were asleep that week On Sun, 2/23/14, s3raph...@yahoo.com s3raph...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] Temperature in India reach Fahrenheit 451 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, February 23, 2014, 3:04 AM “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
Re: [FairfieldLife] Temperature in India reach Fahrenheit 451
Because if they'd been active, India wouldn't have banned a book critical of Hinduism? What?? I guess the TM pundits and yogic flyers were asleep that week On Sun, 2/23/14, s3raphita@... mailto:s3raphita@... s3raphita@... mailto:s3raphita@... wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] Temperature in India reach Fahrenheit 451 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, February 23, 2014, 3:04 AM “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
