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Kerala Literature Festival postponed to March 17 amid rising Covid casesThe four-day literary extravaganza, touted as the "second largest festival" of its kind in Asia, aims to map literature through discussions...
The ring changed Dushyanta from a lying cad to an honourable man: Wendy Doniger"The rings in these texts, therefore, usually belong to kings and princesses, though also to merchants," Doniger said.
Smog keeps author Wendy Doniger away from DelhiThe 75-year-old suffers from asthma and won't come to Delhi to promote her book " The Hindus".
Indian publishers nervous about taking books that might offend Hindutva: Wendy DonigerAfter her book was banned in India and a criminal case filed against her, the author is wary of coming to India.
US academics Wendy Doniger, Partha Chatterjee raise privacy concerns in PM Modi's Digital IndiaThe statement, copies of which were sent to some of the top US technology firms, also flagged some recent government decisions.
Nitin Gadkari supports RSS ideologue's suggestion on NEPGadkari today supported the suggestion of RSS ideologue Dinanath Batra that the new education policy of the NDA government should stress on...
Marathi Film Screening: Shobhaa De welcomes relaxation of norms by government"The controversy is now finished... I feel they have taken a step in the right direction. This should have been taken earlier," De told PTI.
'India becoming an illiberal democracy'A group of intellectuals today surmised that the country had become an "illiberal democracy" and was headed towards self-censorship.
Another book 'On Hinduism' by Wendy Doniger under attackAnother book on Hinduism by American indologist Wendy Doniger has come under attack from the same Delhi-based group which had compelled the...
Pulping of Wendy Doniger’s book: How 'hurt sensibilities' of fringe groups muzzle scholarsIgnorance of the law is no defence against it. However, when one seeks to represent a culture or a nation, one expects better homework.
Our fear of freedom: Doniger's is just the latest case of courts, publishers, politicians failing to protect artistic rightsOne would have expected, and hoped, that they would have appealed in a higher court to have the freedom of expression of their esteemed aut...
Don't blame Penguin for withdrawal of Wendy Doniger's book, ask the governmentAn Alternative History, as a cowardly institution that buckled under threats and decided to withdraw the book from the Indian market.
Poke Me: After banning Doniger's book on Hindus, will you ban Kalidasa next?By insisting that Hinduism's stories and histories should fit the narrow cast of your ideology, you haven't proved to be a bigger Hindu, Ba...
Penguin India withdrawn copies of Wendy Doniger’s controversial book The HindusPenguin maintained a studied silence on the matter and refused to comment, though author Doniger replied by email to some news outlets.
Academics, writers decry Penguin's withdrawal of Doniger's book 'The Hindus'Eminent academics, writers and lawyers have come out strongly against the withdrawal of American academic Wendy Doniger's book.
In the age of internet, it's not possible to suppress a book: Wendy DonigerWendy Doniger said in an email statement that she was deeply troubled by what the development foretells for free speech in India.
- The Congress is repeating old mistakes by exploiting the Rushdie issue for electoral purposes
Salman Rushdie's absence from the Jaipur Literature Festival and the parallel and related Congress courtship of the Muslim vote in Uttar Pr...
Do stars foretell?The poet A K Ramanujan once said he was troubled by the lack of consistency in his father for “holding together in one brain both astronomy...
Karma sans kama leads to liberationOnce upon a time there lived a sage named Mandavya. He was an expert on dharma, who had kept a vow of silence for a long time. One day robb...
Reading mind like an open FacebookAs you tap in your text, twitter away 19 to the dozen, or simply scroll down Facebook on your mobile, the death of the good old-fashioned n...