Talk:Delhi Riots 2020: The Untold Story

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• If I disapproved of the ban on The Satanic Verses, if I disapproved of Dinanath Batra (whom I called “Ban Man” in my article in The Washington Post), if I disapproved of how Taslima Nasreen was hounded and attacked in Hyderabad by Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM, then I can’t suddenly do a volte face and chest-thump today. When you ban a book, it acquires a kind of cult status because the market fuels curiosity. That is what happened with other banned books. In fact, there are books chronicling banned books by different regimes in history...All I am saying is that forcing Bloomsbury India to withdraw the book is counter-productive – both politically and in the pure sense of how market forces work... Where do you draw the line? Today, many are relieved that this book will not find a publisher in Bloomsbury. But what will you do if Swarajya or OpIndia launches a publishing house of its own in the future?
  • Rama Lakshmi. 23 August, 2020. Congratulations liberals, for another self-goal in forcing Bloomsbury on Delhi riots book

• This decision by Bloomsbury should be condemned by ALL writers and readers. If Bloomsbury does not retract its decision, my co-author and I have decided that we will return the substantial advance paid to us by Bloomsbury for our forthcoming book.
  • Anand Ranganathan. About the banning of the book "Delhi Riots 2020: The Untold Story", the book is written by Monika Arora, Sonali Chitalkar and Prerna Malhotra. The Guardian, 24 Aug 2020 Bloomsbury India pulls Delhi riots book after anti-Muslim controversy