This is possibly the most apt post today. 15th September is International Day of Democracy. And we are talking about 5 books banned in the largest democracy in the world. In this third part about banned books in India, I would like to focus on books written by foreign nationals, but on India and its people. It’s surprising how global
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I am back with more banned books and looking at the history, I might continue this column for quite a long period! India has always thrown strong reactions to books that stir up some dirt from different layers of the society. It is not solely about books dealing with religion, there is every sphere that holds a record of works
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Should books by Indian writers be banned in their own country? Should books by any writer be banned in India? These are controversies that never die and history keeps repeating itself with books being banned even today. Books on politics, politicians, celebrities, religion, even fiction have been barred to reach our readers. We are no judge of right and wrong,
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