Book Ban

Arundhati Roy flays Penguin for withdrawal of The Hindus in open letter

Arundhati Roy has penned an open letter to the publishing house denouncing them for caving in to demands for the withdrawal and pulping of Indian issues of Wendy Doniger's The Hindus: An Alternative History.

Pulping Doniger: Don't just blame the Right; the Left paved this illiberal road

Some Hindu groups may have succeeded in getting Wendy Doniger's book withdrawn, but the road to illiberal values was paved by the Left and now the Right gets to drive a coach-and-four over constitutional values.

Indian law is the true villain: Doniger reacts to pulping of 'The Hindus'

Here's the full text of Wendy Doniger's statement in response to the recent developments in India regarding her book.

Why Penguin’s withdrawal of The Hindus won’t make it disappear

Now, however, the news that The Hindus has been withdrawn is all over the news and sites where you can download pirated versions of the book are circulating freely. Clearly, it isn’t quite so easy to bury a book, even if it is written by an academic and isn’t a thumping bestseller.

How Doniger's now-recalled 'The Hindus' ruffled Hindutva feathers

Those in disagreement have attacked Doniger in a variety of ways, ranging from questioning her proficiency in Sanskrit (despite the fact that she is, in fact, a Sanskritist) to more physical attacks

Full text: The petition that caused Penguin India to withdraw The Hindus

A petition that was signed by more than 10,000 people asks Penguin Group for an apology for the publication of the 'factually incorrect and offensive' book.