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Hindutva enemies of free speech are destroying Wendy Doniger’s book, The Hindus: An Alternative History

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ALL politicians in India should condemn the bullying of Penguin by Hindutva fanatics to withdraw and pulp Wendy Doniger’s highly successful book, The Hindus: An Alternative History.

I had never heard of Wendy or her book but my curiosity has been piqued by this action (banning a book is a SURE way to increase its popularity and sales). I found in a minute that there are a few pirated electronic versions of the book floating around on the internet and flicked through one of these versions.

My findings:

The book refers to many GENUINE passages in major religious books that are generally ignored in “common” tradition. It discusses things that most are not aware of, or may not approve of, e.g.

“I had cited from Valmiki’s Ramayana in which Sita, the wife of Rama, accuses her brother-in-law, Lakshmana, of wanting her for himself”

The book is scholarly and cites a range of authentic scholarly work, often by INDIAN scholars.

The book confirms that Hindus ate beef in the past.

The book considers the contributions of non-Brahminical literature, e.g.

“whatever we choose to call them, the excluded castes play an important role in the history of the Hindus. Thanks to the Subaltern studies movement, there is a lot more available light for Dalits, particularly in the modern period (from the time of the British); this book aims to contribute to that movement by including more information about Dalits in the ancient period. There have been protests against the mistreatment of the lower castes from a very early age in India, though such protests generally took the form of renouncing caste society and forming an
alternative society in which caste was ignored; no actual reforms took place until the nineteenth century and then with only limited success.”

One  A. R. Venkatachalapathy (definitely not a Western scholar, but an Indian) wrote:

“Doniger has produced a serious work of scholarship which is also accessible to the average reader. Anyone seriously concerned with Hinduism in the contemporary world will be well advised to read, enjoy, engage, and even argue with the book.”

So what is going on? Why have these MAD HINDUTVA FANATICS once again taken India into the ditch?

Don’t these people understand the CIVILISED way to discuss/debate differences? What prevents them from publishing blog posts/ books that oppose Doniger’s book? Why is it that the only thing they find sensible is to BAN books?

And remember, these are the same people who have been spreading canards against Islam.


Source: http://sabhlokcity.com/2014/02/hindutva-enemies-of-free-speech-are-destroying-wendy-donigers-book-the-hindus-an-alternative-history/


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