​Dear colleagues,

​I am appalled to learn of yet another book-banning episode in India, this time
​affecting our colleague Wendy Doniger.​


​Yesterday, if I understand correctly, Penguin India agreed to withdraw the book rather than fight the law case:


​If you read the five objections offered against the book, they are risible.  It beggars belief that any court, much less a publisher, would take objections of this type seriously.

As a Penguin Delhi author myself, I shall be writing to Penguin India to protest this dark-ages ruling.  ​

​Penguin Delhi's contact details are here: http://www.penguinbooksindia.com/en/content/contact-us

Dominik Wujastyk
University of Vienna​