New Delhi: Book on Hinduism written by an American intellectual has been banned by the publisher. They have ordered to remove the books from libraries of every institute. This act of publishing institute has been condemned by people of academic and literary circles. According to the publisher Penguin they banned the book due to Indian law.
Anjana Pasricha in a report mentioned that the publisher of the book has stopped to publish it according to Indian laws. Penguin has ordered to remove the book from the shelves of libraries on which many people has criticized this act of publisher and has said that they are going against freedom of speech.
This book The Hindus and Alternative History has been written by Wendy Doniger. Doniger is a famous writer who mostly writers on religions. In her book she has mentioned that it is the best way to understand about world’s oldest religion.
However, an extremist Hindu group Shiksha Bachao Andolan has said that the book is a blasphemy against Hindu religion. They started a war against the book four years ago as, it is insulting the Gods of Hindus.