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Book to be pulped. Free speech curbed??
This court backed settlement to destroy copies of what many (including me) think is an outrageous book, is being termed as free speech being curbed by Liberals and writers in India.
This author, Wendy Doniger, has a history of degrading the Hindu religion. This particular book was challenged on facts and that it hurts religious sentiment. What do you think about it? Quote:
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Re: Book to be pulped. Free speech curbed??
Here is the petition against the book.. Please read.
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Some more details from the petitioner..
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Re: Book to be pulped. Free speech curbed??
Do you also have any link to the actual book? Unless we read it, how will we know for sure this deserves to be pulped?
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Re: Book to be pulped. Free speech curbed??
Read the outrageous things she has written, plenty of examples stated by the petitioners. I'm against the book as a Hindu, so I'm not going to be a party to distributing it over the net.
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Re: Book to be pulped. Free speech curbed??
Now, literally 'Pulp Fiction' i saw that only a week back.
It is following a familiar debate on whatever little i saw on NDTV ( i do not have usual access to it now). Again we could hear the same arguments one side claiming the Freedom of speech, etc. and the other side claiming, "OK, didnt Satanic Verses get banned in India". Me says following - 1. First of all the petitioner followed the right way, by using legal remedy rather than threaten to kill the Author or burn bookshops etc. 2. Penguin was smart to do the out of court settlement. 3. Probably the book was not selling, so this has actually aroused interest in the book and we could see copies of it selling in the 'black market' 4. I actually found the topic of the book which has to do with Sex as interesting. Now, recreating a dialog from our ragging - Senior - Do you know which part of Shiva is Shiva linga? Me - No*. Senior - It is his Dick. Imagine, a whole country worshipping one dick. THis shows how sexually open India was, until the peaceful guys came and spoilt the Fun. Now, if this book follows a similar tone, it would be interesting. again, till this news came out, i did not even know about this book. * i know, the current generation would find me ignorant, but thats what we were, thouse days
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I wouldnt really go by what certain snippets extracted from the whole book. It can be very misleading. Its like media attempting to draw attention.
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I wouldnt be fully surprised. Do you remember that book which was written by a young lady? It was in the lines of "I how I got kissed, got a life"...something like that. It was about a young lady wanting to go to Harvard. It was withdrawn for certain reasons but the book sold in the black market faster than it would in book stores.
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Re: Book to be pulped. Free speech curbed??
well, certain snippets are distorted enough and the author has a history of intentionally misinterpreting Hindu religious texts. But how is this free speech if it hurts sentiments of people?
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Re: Book to be pulped. Free speech curbed??
Rakhi, the book is some 800 pages. Do you wanna read it?
I remember you mentioning in your book reviews thread that you (used to?) read during your commute. One of the pleasures of living in the West is good public transportation that allows you to read books. |
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Re: Book to be pulped. Free speech curbed??
A while back, Salman Rushdie was forced to cancel his appearance at the Jaipur Literary Festival because some Muslim group found something objectionable. Now some Hindu group finds something objectionable. There's always somebody somewhere who is offended by alternate view-points.
I hadn't heard of this book until now, but I don't support book-banning and preventing authors from speaking at literary festivals. Don't read if you don't want to. Why ruin the fun for the rest of us? |
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[Oops. Copyrighted book. Link deleted.] Last edited by sanjayt; February 13th, 2014 at 04:54 AM. |
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Religion is a subject which has to be picked with care, especially if it is about Hindu Gods or about Islam, considering people are really sensitive about this subject. If you are criticizing, watch out, for, the book can be pulped. If the same author has invested her time in researching Christianity, perhaps she would have made twice the money and fame if she had any interest in money or fame... Ever heard of Dan Brown being prevented from attending anything at all? I am not supporting her or criticizing her...will not be able to unless I read the book. Thanks for the link BTW. But if she did say anything as bad as the media is projecting, all I can say is, she should have seen this coming.
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If the book is a fiction then anything goes... Our own Har Har wrote a bunch a crap about Aghori Sadhus and what not. Should we ban Har Har for his writing ??
How about banning me for calling Shaktiman a Jerking Moron ? ![]()
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Re: Book to be pulped. Free speech curbed??
As usual , Sarv Farjiman just making a mountain out of a mole
![]() There aint anything derogatory in the book.Since its an eye opener for the ignorants who comprise India and fighting ignorance is as usual anti India so the book must be pulped. ![]() Out of the 800 pages of this book our man Sarv Farjiman the self acclaimed authority on all things hasnt probably even read 80 pages ie just 10% of the book and is ready with his misguided ,bigoted ,sophistic ,unseeked judgement. ![]() Online life seem to be getting on his nerves.Prozac for our Pal . This book is a must read. ![]() ![]() |
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