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Penguin Books, India, withdrew Wendy Doniger's The Hindus: An Alternate History after a Hindu group's court challenge. The group said the book denigrated Hinduism.
Penguin Books India agreed to withdraw the book from circulation in India as well as destroy every copy of the book. Skip to main content Skip to main menu Skip to search Skip to footer.
After a long legal battle, Penguin Books India has agreed to remove a book about Hinduism from circulation in India, and to destroy all copies of book in the country, a decision that drew ...
Penguin India released a statement Friday on its decision to recall and destroy copies of The Hindus: An Alternative History by U.S. scholar Wendy Doniger. Since news of the decision broke earlier ...
Doniger’s publisher, Penguin Books India, defended The Hindus for four years. But in February 2014, the publisher announced that, as part of a settlement, ...
Penguin Books India has agreed to withdraw from sale all copies of a book that takes an unorthodox view of Hinduism, and will destroy them as part of a settlement after a case was filed against ...
Penguin's decision sparked widespread debate, with many fearing that India's commitment to debate and academic free speech was being eroded. Some agreed the law was to blame, others said Penguin ...
Penguin's Indian arm is making its first foray into the world of e-books, starting with 240 new publications from 2012, and calling it 'the first extensive list of Indian ebooks to be published ...
Coinciding with World Book Day, Penguin Random House India on April 23 launched a nationwide initiative called #FictionAddiction especially curated for readers to inspire them to pick up fiction ...