Taking a leaf out of Caligula’s book
Burning pages in the age of the Information. Superhighway is an exercise in futility, argues Santhosh Mathew
Burning pages in the age of the Information. Superhighway is an exercise in futility, argues Santhosh Mathew
Several other politicians and individuals have also slammed the administration for banning 25 books authored by prominent writers.
In 2016, the Union Government had to unshackle Urdu authors in the face of the outcry in the literary circuit against the order of the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, which had to be abrogated a month after it was issued. It was made mandatory for Urdu writers to declare in black and white that their books contained nothing against government policy or national interest
The Sahitya Akademi, an autonomous body working with the Ministry of Culture, said the ban on the book The Adivasi…
