Indology friends,
A petition is now on line.
With thanks to the many who wrote to me offline;
For anyone who wishes to sign, the way to add your name is to log on to this link and sign the petition.
Laurie P.
Laurie L Patton
Durden Professor of Religion
And
Dean, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
104 Allen Building
Duke University
Durham, NC 27705
PH: 919 684 4863
From: INDOLOGY [mailto:indology-bounces@list.indology.info]
On Behalf Of Allen Thrasher
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 12:42 AM
To: Dominik Wujastyk; Matthew Kapstein
Cc: Indology
Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Public statement from Wendy Doniger
As I recall, the British Indian law on this subject is discussed in the introduction to:
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Publications
proscribed
by the government of
India : a catalogue of the collections in the
India Office Library and Records and the Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books, British Library Reference Division / edited
by Graham Shaw and Mary Lloyd. London: British Library, 1985. The British authorities were, I believe, worried primarily about riots. A number of the books and pamphlets banned were religious polemics rather than attacks on British rule. Allen |
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On Wednesday, February 12, 2014 12:05 PM, Dominik Wujastyk <wujastyk@gmail.com> wrote:
Wonderful!
On 12 February 2014 17:18, Matthew Kapstein <mkapstei@uchicago.edu> wrote:
Of course, Hitler's Mein Kampf is readily available in almost any Indian bookstall.
I imagine that the small Bene Israel community never mobilized itself
to invoke Section 295-A.....
Matthew Kapstein
Directeur d'études,
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes
Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies,
The University of Chicago
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