Hindu Fundamentalists ban scholarly book in India!

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@ DJW001.....

one of the strengths of the academic method is that one researcher's findings can be freely disputed by another. This process of disputation is held in public, whether in lecture halls or publications. India has long had its own tradition of public disputation. Why are the Right Wing, who pride themselves on their conservatism, now abandoning this noble tradition of public disputation in favor of censorship? It is not only hypocritical, it is un-Indian!

In the present, only a micro-minority of Indians are inclined towards things like ''public disputation'' and debates etc. The overwhelming majority of Indians are extremely receptive to any idea thats projected onto them...especially ideas about ancient history because they percieve it as being irrelevant to their daily grind. Things like cultural identity on a NATIONAL scale and HISTORICAL context don't matter to the average Indian.

Then what are the self appointed guardians of public knowledge afraid of? Doniger's book would probably only be read by fellow academicians. The average Indian would not be offended, because the average Indian would not bother to read it. This is clearly an attempt to stifle the free exchange of ideas. That is a violation of fundamental human rights.